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# traffic

«traffic» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The cars, buses, lorries, bikes and other vehicles moving…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (traffic — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The cars, buses, lorries, bikes and other vehicles moving on roads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#m1)

2) The amount of movement of people, ships, planes or data: air traffic, internet traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#m2)

3) Illegal buying and selling (traffic in drugs — adult use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old sense meaning to trade and do business, not cars. In the primary lessons: In road safety: stop, look and listen before crossing; cross at traffic lights, zebra crossings or with a lollipop person/crossing guard; traffic drives on the left in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and on the right in the USA and Canada, so look the right way first; never play near traffic. In everyday life: traffic jams make people late. Phrases: traffic lights, heavy traffic, traffic jam, busy traffic, traffic cone, traffic warden, oncoming traffic, rush-hour traffic.

### examples

- And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.' (Torah GEN.42.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x1)
- Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic. (Prophets EZK.27.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x2)
- Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith. (Prophets EZK.16.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x3)
- In thy great wisdom by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches — (Prophets EZK.28.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x4)
- Wait for the green man at the traffic lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x5)
- The traffic was very heavy this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x6)
- We were stuck in a traffic jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x7)
- Look out for traffic before you cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x8)
- In the UK traffic drives on the left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x9)
- In the USA traffic drives on the right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x10)
- Never play ball near traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x11)
- Air traffic controllers guide planes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x12)
- An old house stood there; it was in the large town with its busy traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/#x13)

### note

Uncountable: «a lot of traffic», not «a traffic» or «traffics». Traffic lights: red = stop, amber/yellow = get ready or stop, green = go if safe. Which way to look first depends on the country: in the UK look right first; in the USA look left first.

### In the corpora

- [Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.341/)
- [Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.709/)
- [In thy great wisdom by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.727/)
- [On a motorway, after a breakdown everyone gets out and waits behind the barrier, away from the traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/8/)
- [Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «traffic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traffic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.