rose

Everyday

1. A rose is a flower with a sweet smell and sharp thorns on its stem. tree →
2. «Rose» is the past form of «rise»: the sun rose means it came up. tree →
3. Rose is a soft pink color. tree →
4. Rose is also a girl's name. tree →

In the lessons

flowers counted in a vase or garden, often with orchids; cut or added; «rose» in a story can mean something went up (prices, water, the sun); phrases «a bunch of roses», «rose bush», «rose up»

Examples

• There were 12 roses in the vase. tree →
• Jessica cut 10 more roses. tree →
• There are now 22 roses. tree →
• How many more roses than orchids? tree →
• The sun rose at six o'clock. tree →
• Be careful of the thorns on the rose. tree →
• The river rose after the heavy rain. tree →
• He gave her a red rose. tree →
• The price of milk rose by 10 cents. tree →
• The walls were painted rose pink. tree →
• The water rose higher and higher. tree →

Note

A thing counted, a kind of flower. Trap: «rose» is also the past of «rise» (the price rose), and then it means an increase. «Rows» (lines) sounds the same.

In Jewish tradition

It is the past of "rise" here, often in "rose up," meaning to get up and begin something, including early in the morning. It is also a flower: in the Song of Songs "a rose of Sharon" is a flower of the plain.

Interpretation. The rabbis noticed that Abraham "rose early" to do God's commands, and took it as a sign of eagerness. The tradition reads the "rose of Sharon" in the Song of Songs as a name for Israel, loved by God.

Examples

• Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; (Torah GEN.31.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke unto the children of Heth, saying: (Torah GEN.23.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh. (Torah GEN.32.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (Prophets 1SA.16.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then they rose up, and went away that night. (Prophets 1SA.28.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. (Writings SNG.2.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A thing counted, a kind of flower. Trap: «rose» is also the past of «rise» (the price rose), and then it means an increase. «Rows» (lines) sounds the same.