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# verb

«verb» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a word that tells what someone or something does, like…** — 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 (a verb, verbs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A verb is a word that tells what someone or something does, like «run», «eat» or «think». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#m1)

2) A verb can also tell what someone or something is or has, like «is», «seem» or «have». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#m2)

3) Every full sentence needs a verb; it is the word that changes for time, like «walk», «walked». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Hebrew verbs grow from three-letter roots. The Sefer Yetzirah plays with the root s-f-r, "count, tell, write," to describe how God made the world. In the primary lessons: In English grammar lessons pupils find the verb in a sentence, change its tense (past, present, future) and match it to the subject («she runs», «they run»). Teachers call verbs «doing words» and «being words». Phrases: «action verb», «helping verb» (also «auxiliary verb», like «is», «have», «will»), «irregular verb» («go – went»), «verb tense», «modal verb» («can», «must»). In stories, strong verbs («dashed», «whispered») make writing lively.

### examples

- The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x1)
- Hebrew has of course several verb roots relating to one or more of each of these three facets of language. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x2)
- HVI is the imperative form of the verb to he, meaning he thou; HIV is the infinitive; and VIH is future. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x3)
- «Jump» is a verb because it is something you can do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x4)
- In «The dog barked», the verb is «barked». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x5)
- Underline the verb in each sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x6)
- «Is» is a verb too, even though nothing moves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x7)
- Choose a stronger verb than «went», like «raced» or «crept». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x8)
- Irregular verbs change in odd ways: «swim, swam, swum». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x9)
- A sentence without a verb is not a full sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x10)
- In «She can sing», «can» is a helping verb and «sing» is the main verb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x11)
- The verb okostenyet', to grow numb, describes the state into which a skazka represents the realm of the "Sleeping Beauty," as being thrown by Koshchei. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verb/#x12)

### note

Countable: one verb, two verbs. Some words can be a verb or a noun: «a run» (noun), «I run» (verb) — look at the job the word does in the sentence. Regular verbs make the past with «-ed» (walked); irregular ones do not (ran, ate, went). A verb must agree with its subject: «he plays», «they play». The adjective is «verbal», which also means «spoken» («a verbal warning»).

### In the corpora

- [Mandarin doesn't: you answer by repeating the verb of the question, so the «yes» changes every time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/1/)
- [Listen to the question, catch its verb, and give it back: that is the whole trick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/6/)
- [Many very common verbs ignore -ed altogether: swim, swam; run, ran; go, went; catch, caught.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/14/)
- [Irregular verbs do not add -ed: swim/swam, run/ran, go/went, catch/caught.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/25/)
- [Adding -tion often turns a verb into a noun: inform, information.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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