bath

Everyday

1. A long container you fill with water and sit in to wash your body (UK; US says bathtub or tub). tree →
2. The act of washing your body in it: have a bath (UK), take a bath (US). tree →
3. The water in the bath: run a bath. tree →
4. Verb (UK): to wash a baby or child in a bath. tree →
5. Baths can also mean a public building with pools where people go to bathe, like the Roman baths. tree →

In the lessons

In hygiene lessons: baths and showers keep skin clean and remove germs and sweat. In safety: never leave a baby or toddler alone in a bath, even for a moment — they can drown in a few centimetres of water; check the water is not too hot with your elbow; electricity and water don't mix. Phrases: have/take a bath, run a bath, bath time, bubble bath, bathroom, bird bath.

Examples

• I have a bath every evening. tree →
• Dad is running a bath for my little sister. tree →
• Bath time is at seven. tree →
• Never leave a baby alone in the bath. tree →
• Test the bath water with your elbow so it's not too hot. tree →
• We put bubble bath in the water. tree →
• The birds splash in the bird bath. tree →
• Don't use a hairdryer near the bath. tree →
• These baths are the first in the world! tree →

Note

Countable: baths. «Bath» (noun, said «bahth» UK / «bath» US) vs «bathe» (verb, said with the long a, rhymes with «save»): bathe = wash or swim (UK: «bathe in the sea»). UK: «have a bath»; US: «take a bath». «Bathroom» in the US often means a toilet room.

In Jewish tradition

This is the name for a voice from heaven that was heard after prophecy ended. In the book of Kings Bath-sheba is the wife of David and mother of Solomon, who speaks to the king for her son Adonijah. A bath was a measure, as in "a just bath".

Interpretation. The tradition reads Bat Kol as an echo of God's voice that people can still hear after the prophets, guiding but not overruling the sages. Bath-sheba is remembered as the mother of King Solomon, who helped him become king.

Examples

• A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king. (Prophets 1KI.1.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Bath-sheba said: 'Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.' (Prophets 1KI.2.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. (Prophets 1KI.2.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: baths. «Bath» (noun, said «bahth» UK / «bath» US) vs «bathe» (verb, said with the long a, rhymes with «save»): bathe = wash or swim (UK: «bathe in the sea»). UK: «have a bath»; US: «take a bath». «Bathroom» in the US often means a toilet room.