myriad
noun (a myriad, myriads); adjective (myriad lights)
Everyday
- A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars. tree →
- (old use) «Myriad» can also mean countless, very many: myriad lights. tree →
In the lessons
in stories a huge crowd or swarm of small things, such as gnats, flies or lights; it stands for a number too large to count, not an exact amount
Examples
- There were myriads of gnats dancing over the lake. tree →
- The palace glowed with myriad lights. tree →
- A myriad of stars filled the sky. tree →
Note
«a myriad» is not an exact count, so never use it as a sum or answer; in old Greek it meant ten thousand, but in stories it means countless.
In Jewish tradition
In Moses' blessing, it names the holy multitudes, thought of as angels, who came with God at Sinai.
Interpretation. Tradition reads the verse as picturing God giving the Torah at Sinai with holy ones around Him and fiery law at His right hand.
Examples
- And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them. (Torah DEU.33.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness. (Writings PSA.68.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
«a myriad» is not an exact count, so never use it as a sum or answer; in old Greek it meant ten thousand, but in stories it means countless.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «myriad» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «myriad» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «myriad» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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