occupy

Everyday

1. To live in or use a building, room or space. tree →
2. To fill time or keep someone busy. tree →
3. To take control of a place by force, such as an army. tree →
4. To have a job or position. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: "the table occupies 2 square metres". Signs: "occupied" on a toilet door means someone is inside. In history: the army occupied the town. Phrases: occupy yourself, keep busy, occupied with.

Examples

• The family occupies the flat on the top floor. tree →
• The toilet is occupied: please wait. tree →
• Reading occupies me on long journeys. tree →
• The soldiers occupied the castle. tree →
• The table occupies a lot of space. tree →
• She occupies an important job at the council. tree →
• Keep the toddler occupied with toys. tree →
• I am glad to find that I still occupy a corner in your mind. tree →

Note

y changes to i: occupies, occupied. Noun: occupation (job, or control of a place); occupant (someone inside). In area problems, the space occupied is measured in square units.

In Jewish tradition

In Mordell's writing, it means to fill the place of something, as zero holds the place of a digit. In the primary lessons: In maths: "the table occupies 2 square metres". Signs: "occupied" on a toilet door means someone is inside. In history: the army occupied the town. Phrases: occupy yourself, keep busy, occupied with.

Examples

• J{ecause the zero in the number ten occupies the space. of a digit, onlv nine strokes, not ten, are used: and, therefore, we (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• On the other hand, the n occurs at the end of words as silent, indicating that it occupies the place of a vowel letter. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• As zero is not a digit itself, but only occupies the place of a digit, so the silent n is not a vowel itself, but merely occupies the place of a vowel. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Support Thou me, and I shall be saved; and I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually. (Writings PSA.119.117, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

y changes to i: occupies, occupied. Noun: occupation (job, or control of a place); occupant (someone inside). In area problems, the space occupied is measured in square units.