apple

Everyday

1. An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. tree →
2. An apple tree is the tree that grows apples. tree →

In the lessons

a fruit put on and taken off the table; a counted thing in problems; in science the apple is a fruit that holds seeds (the story of Newton and the falling apple and gravity); in everyday life lunchbox snacks, apple juice, apple pie; «an apple a day keeps the doctor away»

Examples

• I place two apples on the table. tree →
• There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. tree →
• A basket holds 6 apples. How many apples are in 4 baskets? tree →
• Nora has 5 apples and Ali has 8 apples. tree →
• I have an apple in my lunchbox. tree →
• We picked apples at the farm in autumn. tree →
• Cut the apple in half and look at the seeds. tree →
• Grandma makes the best apple pie. tree →
• The apples were beginning to roast. tree →

Note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.

In Jewish tradition

"The apple of His eye" means the pupil of the eye, the most precious and carefully guarded part. In Proverbs the same saying is used for the teaching a person should guard, and "apples of gold" means beautiful, fitting words. In the Song of Songs apples are a sweet, refreshing fruit of love.

Interpretation. Tradition reads it as showing how tenderly God guarded Israel in the wilderness. The rabbis read the Song of Songs as a love song between God and Israel, so the apples stand for the sweetness of that bond.

Examples

• He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. (Writings PRO.25.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye. (Writings PRO.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.