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# want

«want» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to wish to have or do something** — 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

verb (want, wants, wanted, wanting); noun (wants — the things people want)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To want means to wish to have or do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#m1)

2) «Want to» + a verb means you would like to do it: «I want to play». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#m2)

3) «Wanted» on a poster means the police are looking for someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#m3)

4) Wants are things people wish for but do not really need, unlike needs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it can mean need or lack, as in the "want of their little ones." In the Psalms and Proverbs it means lacking what you need: "I shall not want" means I will lack nothing, and "want" can come like an armed man. In Daniel "found wanting" means found too light and lacking when weighed. Interpretation: Psalm 23 is read as trust that God the shepherd supplies every need. Daniel's "wanting" is read as God's judgment that King Belshazzar fell short. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a goal amount; the difference between what one has and what one wants; how many more are needed. In everyday life and economics lessons: needs and wants (food is a need, a toy is a want). Phrases: «want to», «want more», «do you want», «wanted poster».

### examples

- And Joseph sustained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of their little ones. (Torah GEN.47.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x1)
- "lien Sira wanted to study the Sefer Yetzira, when a heav- enly voice came out and snid: 'Thou canst nut do it aloin-'. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x2)
- Then the one whom they had created said to them: 'God created Adam, and when He wanted to put him to death, he erased a letter fro7n the wind p]met and it became Met (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x3)
- The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Writings PSA.23.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x4)
- TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. (Writings DAN.5.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x5)
- So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man. (Writings PRO.6.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x6)
- She wants 20 stickers and has 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x7)
- He wants to buy a bike that costs 80 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x8)
- How many more does she want? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x9)
- Tom wants to share 15 apples equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x10)
- Do you want some juice? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x11)
- I want to be a vet when I grow up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x12)
- Food is a need, but a new game is a want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x13)
- The sheriff put up a «wanted» poster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x14)
- “But we want you to dance.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/want/#x15)

### note

«I want to go», not «I want go». «Would like» is more polite than «want»: «I would like some water, please». Maths: gives a goal; «how many more» = goal − what one has. Trap: the wanted amount is not yet owned, so do not add it to what one has.

### In the corpora

- [but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.439/)
- [that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.86/)
- [The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.341/)
- [O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.515/)
- [The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.516/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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