ghost

noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb (ghost, ghosts, ghosted, ghosting — slang)

«ghost» 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

In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard. tree →
A very faint trace of something: "a ghost of a smile". tree →
(verb, slang) To suddenly stop answering someone's messages and ignore them. tree →
give up the ghost (informal): to die, or of a machine, to stop working. tree →

In the lessons

In stories, Halloween and spooky games. In real speech: "she ghosted me". Phrases: ghost story, ghost town, not a ghost of a chance, give up the ghost, ghost writer.

Examples

We told ghost stories round the campfire. tree →
He dressed up as a ghost for Halloween. tree →
The old house is said to have a ghost. tree →
She hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning. tree →
My old phone finally gave up the ghost. tree →
(slang) He ghosted me after the party. tree →
It's a ghost town on Sunday mornings. tree →

Note

The h is silent: "gohst". Adjective: ghostly. Science: there is no proof that ghosts are real. Plural: ghosts.

In Jewish tradition

A ghost here means the spirit of a dead person that a medium claims to call up and ask for secret knowledge. The Torah forbids this.

Interpretation. Tradition counts consulting the dead as a kind of forbidden magic. It teaches that Jews should seek guidance from God and not from the dead.

Examples

or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.19.31, JPS 1917) tree →
A man also or a woman that divineth by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. (Torah LEV.20.27, JPS 1917) tree →
And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land. (Prophets 1SA.28.3, JPS 1917) tree →
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost, to inquire thereby, (Writings 1CH.10.13, JPS 1917) tree →
And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead (Prophets ISA.8.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

The h is silent: "gohst". Adjective: ghostly. Science: there is no proof that ghosts are real. Plural: ghosts.

On Mova

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