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# vapour

«vapour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a gas made when a liquid is heated or evaporates…** — 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 (vapour — uncountable; British spelling; American: vapor)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Vapour is a gas made when a liquid is heated or evaporates, especially water vapour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#m1)

2) Vapour is tiny drops of liquid in the air that you can see, like mist or steam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means mist or steam that rises and forms clouds and rain. In the Psalms it is one of the natural things that obey God's word. Interpretation: Tradition sees the water cycle as showing God's care for the world, and Jews pray for rain in its season. In the primary lessons: In science and the water cycle, water evaporates into water vapour, which rises, cools and condenses into clouds, then falls as rain. Water vapour itself is invisible; the white «steam» from a kettle is tiny drops that have already condensed. In safety, hot vapour (steam) burns; vapours from glue, paint or cleaning products can be harmful, so use them in fresh air.

### examples

- Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; (Writings PSA.148.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x1)
- For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour; (Writings JOB.36.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x2)
- As vapours and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of a false gift. (Writings PRO.25.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x3)
- Water turns into water vapour when it is heated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x4)
- Clouds form when water vapour cools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x5)
- The window was misty with vapour from the shower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x6)
- Hot vapour from the kettle can burn you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x7)
- Open a window to let the paint vapour out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x8)
- Water vapour is a gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x9)
- The cold glass was covered in drops from the vapour in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x10)
- Evaporation turns liquid into vapour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x11)
- Almost unconsciously he opened it, and a purple vapour came pouring out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vapour/#x12)

### note

British, Canadian, Australian, NZ and Irish spelling: «vapour»; American: «vapor». Uncountable. Trap: you cannot see water vapour; what you see as steam or clouds is liquid droplets. Verb: «evaporate»; the opposite change is «condense».

### In the corpora

- [Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2675/)
- [The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.594/)
- [As vapours and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of a false gift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.735/)
- [For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.967/)
- [Breathed-out air is warm and full of water vapour, which turns into tiny droplets of mist on cold glass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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