bank

Everyday

1. A bank is a place that keeps money safe and lends it. tree →
2. A piggy bank (money box) is a small box for saving coins. tree →
3. The bank of a river is the land along its side. tree →
4. A bank is a store of things kept to use later, like a food bank or a blood bank. tree →
5. To bank on something is to count on it. tree →

In the lessons

where money is saved or taken out; savings add, withdrawals take away; in geography, river banks; phrases «piggy bank», «bank account», «food bank», «river bank», «bank on»

Examples

• She has 40 dollars in the bank. tree →
• He puts 5 dollars in his piggy bank each week. tree →
• The bank pays 2 dollars of interest. tree →
• They sat on the river bank. tree →
• Dad opened a bank account for me. tree →
• We gave cans to the food bank. tree →
• The river burst its banks after the storm. tree →
• You can bank on Grandma to bake on Sundays. tree →
• A bank of clouds covered the sun. tree →
• She saved coins in her money box. tree →
• There on the bank she wept and wailed. tree →

Note

Putting money in adds; taking it out subtracts; interest is extra money the bank pays. Trap: «river bank» is a place, not money.

In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh it mostly means the side of a river, such as the Jordan, or a raised bed of plants. In the Song of Songs it is a bed of spices.

Interpretation. Elisha stands at the bank of the Jordan when he takes up Elijah's cloak, and tradition sees this as the moment the prophet's work passes to him. Gabriel's voice by the river Ulai shows that visions can come in any place.

Examples

• His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh. (Writings SNG.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan. (Prophets 2KI.2.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, who called, and said: 'Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.' (Writings DAN.8.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Putting money in adds; taking it out subtracts; interest is extra money the bank pays. Trap: «river bank» is a place, not money.