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# transform

«transform» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to change it completely, often making it better: the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (transform, transforms, transformed, transforming); noun (a transform — maths, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To transform something is to change it completely, often making it better: the garden was transformed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#m1)

2) To transform is to change from one form or shape into another: a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#m2)

3) (maths) To transform a shape is to move or change it by a translation, reflection, rotation or enlargement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#m3)

4) (science) To transform energy is to change it from one type into another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah God changes and combines the letters to make all things, so letters are said to transform matter and words. In the primary lessons: Science: metamorphosis — tadpoles transform into frogs; energy is transformed (e.g. a battery's chemical energy into light in a torch). Maths: transformations of shapes on a grid. Stories: magical transformations (a frog into a prince, Cinderella's pumpkin into a coach). Everyday: «The new playground transformed our school».

### examples

- This is a cipher: observing, transforming, making all matter and all words one name. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x1)
- The caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x2)
- The new paint transformed my bedroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x3)
- Reflect the triangle to transform it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x4)
- A solar panel transforms light into electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x5)
- In the story, the frog transformed into a prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x6)
- Learning to read transformed her life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x7)
- Rotation and translation are ways to transform a shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x8)
- He had dreamt that the Princess was being carried off from him, and, transforming himself into an eagle, he flew to the palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transform/#x9)

### note

Noun: transformation; person or thing that transforms: transformer (also a device that changes voltage). In maths, translation and rotation keep the same shape and size; enlargement changes the size.

### Trees and pragmatics

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