mediate

verb (mediate, mediates, mediated, mediating)

«mediate» 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

To mediate is to help two people or groups who disagree to talk and find an agreement, without taking sides. tree →
(formal) To be the means by which something passes or happens between two things. tree →

In the lessons

In school: peer mediators help pupils settle playground arguments. In news and law: someone mediates between two countries or in a family dispute. In church: Christians believe Jesus mediates between God and people.

Examples

A teacher mediated between the two friends after their fight. tree →
Our school trains pupils to mediate playground quarrels. tree →
Another country offered to mediate in the dispute. tree →
The coach mediated between the angry players. tree →
A good mediator listens to both sides. tree →
Christians believe Jesus mediates between God and humans. tree →

Note

Noun: mediation; person: mediator. Mediating is not deciding who wins (that is judging); it is helping both sides agree. Do not confuse with «meditate» (to think quietly).

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, to mediate means to stand between two opposites and bring them into balance, as air does between water and fire.

Interpretation. The book teaches that the letter Aleph, or air, is the peacemaker between silent water (Mem) and hissing fire (Shin). Readers see this as a pattern of balance in the world.

Examples

To intervene in any thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a quarrel. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Noun: mediation; person: mediator. Mediating is not deciding who wins (that is judging); it is helping both sides agree. Do not confuse with «meditate» (to think quietly).

On Mova

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