eventide

noun (old use)

«eventide» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Eventide is an old word for evening, the time when the day is ending. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, eventide is the quiet time of evening when people rest

Examples

At eventide the family lay down to sleep. tree →
The goatherd drove his flock home at eventide. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

It is the evening time, as when Isaac went out to meditate and when the dove came back to Noah.

Interpretation. The rabbis took Isaac's meditating in the field as the origin of the afternoon prayer, Minchah.

Examples

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. (Torah GEN.24.63, JPS 1917) tree →
And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917) tree →
At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. (Prophets ISA.17.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

the evening, the time when the day is ending. tree →

Then and now

An old word, rarely used today; we say evening.

Examples

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. (Torah GEN.24.63, JPS 1917) tree →
So at eventide they all lay down on the floor, and beside them they set a lighted taper hidden in an earthen pot. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: evening.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «eventide» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«eventide» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «eventide» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«eventide» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «eventide» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«eventide» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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