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fish

noun (fish — one or many; fishes — many kinds); verb (fish, fishes, fished, fishing)

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

Everyday

  1. A fish is an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with gills and has fins. tree →
  2. Fish is also the meat of fish that people eat. tree →
  3. To fish means to try to catch fish. tree →
  4. To fish for something is to search for it, like fishing in your bag for keys. tree →

In the lessons

maths: animals counted in tanks or caught; more added or sold (subtract); food per fish; the plural is usually also «fish»; science: gills, fins, scales, life in rivers and seas; everyday life: pet fish, fish and chips, going fishing; safety: wear a life jacket when fishing from a boat

Examples

Note

Thing counted. Trap: «fish» is both one and many, so read the number. Whales and dolphins live in water but are not fish; they are mammals.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Only fish with fins and scales are kosher. Fish are also a symbol of blessing and plenty, and the Israelites in the desert missed the fish of Egypt. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted in tanks or caught; more added or sold (subtract); food per fish; the plural is usually also «fish»; science: gills, fins, scales, life in rivers and seas; everyday life: pet fish, fish and chips, going fishing; safety: wear a life jacket when fishing from a boat

Examples

  • the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; (Torah DEU.4.18, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.' (Torah EXO.7.18, JPS 1917) tree →
  • We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
  • He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. (Writings PSA.105.29, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. (Prophets JON.2.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Thing counted. Trap: «fish» is both one and many, so read the number. Whales and dolphins live in water but are not fish; they are mammals.

On Mova

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