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# up

«up» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **toward a higher place: climb up the tree** — 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

adverb, preposition, adjective, verb (up, ups, upped — casual)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Up means toward a higher place: climb up the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m1)

2) Up means at a higher place: the cat is up on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m2)

3) Up means more or higher in amount: prices went up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m3)

4) Up means out of bed: are you up yet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m4)

5) Up means completely, until nothing is left: eat it up, use up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m5)

6) Up means along: walk up the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m6)

7) «What's up?» means «What is happening?» or «What is wrong?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m7)

8) (casual) «Sup» or «wassup» is a clipped «what's up»; «up for it» means willing: «you up for footy?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m8)

9) (casual) To up something is to raise it: «they upped the price by 2». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m9)

10) (casual) «Time's up» means time is over; «up to you» means you decide; «what are you up to?» means what are you doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m10)

11) (rough) «Shut up», «belt up» and «wind someone up» (tease to anger) are rough uses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m11)

12) (formal) «Increase», «ascend» and «elevate» are stiff words: «The price increased by 2 dollars.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m12)

13) Up can also be used with "grow" to mean becoming an adult, as in "children grow up". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#m13)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "up" often goes with going up to a holy place or to the land of Israel, such as going "up" to Beer-sheba. Interpretation: The Hebrew idea of "going up" (aliyah) later became a word for moving to the Land of Israel and for being called up to read the Torah. In the primary lessons: Maths: going higher (climb up, prices go up) means add; «add up» means find the total; «used up» and «gave up» mean take away; round up. Everyday phrases: get up, stand up, give up, pick up, tidy up, look up a word, up to (as many as). Safety: look up and down the street before crossing. In casual talk: «sup», «up for it», «what you up to». In the exam voice: «increased by», «ascended a total of 20 steps», «not exceeding 3». Phrases: «ups and downs», «up and down», «up to date», «up north».

### examples

- And Laban came up with Jacob. (Torah GEN.31.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x1)
- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x2)
- And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. (Torah GEN.41.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x3)
- And who hath brought up these? (Prophets ISA.49.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x4)
- And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. (Prophets 1SA.29.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x5)
- Can the rush shoot up without mire? (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x6)
- The price went up by 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x7)
- Add up all the numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x8)
- She used up 3 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x9)
- He climbed up 20 steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x10)
- Round 47 up to 50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x11)
- Time to get up for school! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x12)
- You can bring up to 3 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x13)
- Tidy up your room, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x14)
- sup, u up for footy? need 2 more for 5 a side (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x15)
- They upped the price again, 3 quid now, rip-off. (casual, annoyed) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x16)
- Shut up and add them up, it's 12. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x17)
- The price of a ticket increased by 2 dollars; determine the revised price given an initial price of 7 dollars. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x18)
- All children, except one, grow up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/up/#x19)

### note

«Went up by» and «add up» mean add; «used up» and «gave up» mean take away. The verb before «up» decides. Trap: «up to 3» means 3 or fewer. Opposite: down. «What's up?» is a greeting, not a direction. «Upped» (casual) = raised. «Wind up» means tease, «wound up» means upset. Formal «increased by» = went up by (add); «not exceeding» = up to.

### In the corpora

- [but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.39/)
- [And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.435/)
- [And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.506/)
- [For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.540/)
- [Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.559/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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