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# wagon

«wagon» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen…** — 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 wagon, wagons; UK also «waggon» — old)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen, used to carry heavy loads or people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#m1)

2) An open railway truck that carries goods (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#m2)

3) A child's small cart pulled by a handle (US, a little red wagon). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#m3)

4) (informal, US) A station wagon, a car with a long back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#m4)

5) «On the wagon» (informal): not drinking alcohol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, covered carts that carried the Tabernacle's parts and that Joseph sent to bring his family to Egypt. Interpretation: The wagons given to the Levites carried the Tabernacle's heavy parts. The wagons of Joseph were read as a sign to Jacob that Joseph was still alive. In the primary lessons: In history (settlers' covered wagons, wagon trains), trains (coal wagons), play (pulling a wagon), and maths (a train with 12 wagons, each carrying 20 tonnes). Phrases: «covered wagon», «wagon train», «on the wagon», «fix someone's wagon» (old).

### examples

- And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. (Torah NUM.7.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x1)
- Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service. (Torah NUM.7.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x2)
- And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. (Torah GEN.45.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x3)
- Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it. (Prophets ISA.28.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x4)
- The settlers crossed the plains in covered wagons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x5)
- The horse pulled the hay wagon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x6)
- The goods train had 30 wagons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x7)
- Each wagon carries 15 tonnes, so 4 wagons carry 60 tonnes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x8)
- I pulled my little sister in the red wagon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x9)
- (informal) Uncle Jim is on the wagon this month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x10)
- The wagon was filled with corpses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x11)

### note

Countable. Old British spelling «waggon». In the UK, a railway «wagon» carries goods and a «carriage» carries people; in the USA both are often «cars». In maths: total load = number of wagons × load per wagon.

### In the corpora

- [And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.253/)
- [Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.254/)
- ["On the wagon" means not drinking alcohol.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/13/)
- ["Fell off the wagon" means started drinking again after stopping.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/14/)
- [A train is a long chain of carriages or wagons rolling on two steel rails.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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