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# which

«which» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Which asks someone to choose one from a group: «Which…** — 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

determiner, pronoun

### meaning for a pupil

1) Which asks someone to choose one from a group: «Which colour do you want?». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#m1)

2) Which tells more about a thing just named: «The bike, which is red, is mine». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#m2)

3) Which can mean «that» in a description: «the book which I read». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#m3)

4) Which can point to a whole idea before: «He was late, which made me cross». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#m4)

5) (casual) «Which one?», «which is why» and «which, fair enough» are common in talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#m5)

6) (formal) Exams love «Which of the following», «in which», «by which», «whereby» and «the extent to which». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old style pronoun for "that" or "who," tying a thing to its description ("the ordinances which thou shalt set"). In the primary lessons: which operation to use; which of two is more; «which» asks for a choice, often a name, not a number; phrases: «which one», «which of», «which way», «which is why»; in casual talk «which one, the red?», «which, yeah, fair»; in rough talk «which idiot took my pen?»; in the exam voice «which of the following statements is correct», «the extent to which», «the process by which»

### examples

- Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. (Torah EXO.21.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x1)
- These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.' (Torah EXO.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x2)
- And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x3)
- Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, (Writings PRO.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x4)
- THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's. (Writings SNG.1.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x5)
- What understandest thou, which is not in us? (Writings JOB.15.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x6)
- Today's lesson: Revision: which operation? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x7)
- Which box has more pencils? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x8)
- Which number is bigger, 9 or 12? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x9)
- Which way is the station? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x10)
- Which of these animals can fly? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x11)
- I lost the hat which Gran knitted for me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x12)
- Which team won the match? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x13)
- which bus goes to nan's, the 12? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x14)
- He ate 4 of my chips, which was not cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x15)
- Which idiot took my ruler? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x16)
- Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process by which water becomes ice? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x17)
- The bike, which is red, cost 90 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x18)
- Which was taller, Father or Mother? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/which/#x19)

### note

«Which» asks for a choice, often a name, not a number. Trap: «which has more» still needs both counts. «which» is for things and animals; «who» is for people. «Which of the following» in an exam asks you to pick one of the given answers. «Which» and «witch» sound the same.

### In the corpora

- [The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.44/)
- [And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.47/)
- [Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.60/)
- [And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.100/)
- [And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.201/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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