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# verse

«verse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often…** — 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 (verse, uncountable; a verse, verses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Verse is writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often rhythm and rhyme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#m1)

2) A verse is a group of lines in a poem or song (a stanza), often followed by a chorus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#m2)

3) (Bible) A verse is one short numbered part of a chapter in the Bible or other holy book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means a line of the Bible that is quoted and explained. Interpretation: Jewish tradition numbers every verse of the Torah and studies each one closely. The Sefer Yetzirah often links its ideas to verses of Scripture. In the primary lessons: In English lessons pupils write verse and learn that a song has verses and a chorus. In religious education people look up Bible verses by book, chapter and verse number. Phrases: «in verse», «the first verse», «chapter and verse» (all the exact details), «free verse», «blank verse».

### examples

- This is verse 4 of Psalm civ. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x1)
- SY 2:1, 3:1, so it is interesting that in this verse the tongue is rather portrayed as one of two binary poles. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x2)
- All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x3)
- We sang the first verse and then the chorus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x4)
- The poem has four verses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x5)
- Shakespeare wrote many plays in verse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x6)
- Our teacher asked us to find a Bible verse about kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x7)
- The verse John 3:16 is famous among Christians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x8)
- She can quote chapter and verse from the rule book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x9)
- Free verse is poetry without rhyme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x10)
- In reply the Lion spoke the second verse: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x11)

### note

Uncountable when it means poetry in general, countable for a part of a poem, song or holy book. Do not confuse with «versus» (against). Bible references: book, chapter, verse.

### In the corpora

- [Short video apps often use one catchy clip of a song; the full song usually has verses, a chorus and other parts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms/16/)
- [The next verse goes wrong too, about an Owl and a Panther sharing a pie, and they let her stop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/9/)
- [These are some of the milder verses.» (milder = less extreme)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/19/)
- [The song has four verses in all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/15/)
- [And lots of poems don't rhyme; that is called free verse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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