ill

adjective (ill, worse, worst); adverb (ill — badly); noun (ills — problems)

«ill» 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

Sick, not well: "He is ill in bed." tree →
Bad or harmful: "ill effects". tree →
As an adverb, badly: "ill-treated". tree →
As a noun (plural "ills"), problems or troubles. tree →

In the lessons

In health and everyday life: when you are ill, rest, drink water, tell an adult, stay home to avoid spreading germs; take medicine only from a trusted adult. Phrases: fall ill, feel ill, seriously ill, ill at ease (uncomfortable), ill-mannered.

Examples

I felt ill and went home. tree →
She fell ill with flu. tree →
Stay home when you are ill. tree →
The doctor helps people who are ill. tree →
Too much sun can make you ill. tree →
He was ill at ease at the party. tree →
Don't speak ill of others. tree →
Eating bad food made him ill. tree →
“Perhaps he is ill,” Michael said. tree →

Note

"Ill" (more British) and "sick" (more American) both mean not well. "I'm ill" is fine, but "an ill person" is less common than "a sick person". "Ill" sounds the same as the start of "I'll".

In Jewish tradition

Here "ill" often means bad, as in "ill-favoured" cows, meaning ugly and thin. It can also mean harshly, as in "dealt ill".

Interpretation. In Pharaoh's dream the thin cows eating the fat ones were read by Joseph as seven years of famine after seven years of plenty.

Examples

And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917) tree →
And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →
And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. (Torah DEU.26.6, JPS 1917) tree →
Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. (Writings PSA.34.20, JPS 1917) tree →
I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded. (Prophets JER.48.30, JPS 1917) tree →
They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them; (Writings PSA.106.32, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

"Ill" (more British) and "sick" (more American) both mean not well. "I'm ill" is fine, but "an ill person" is less common than "a sick person". "Ill" sounds the same as the start of "I'll".

On Mova

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

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