seventh

Everyday

1. Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth. tree →
2. A seventh is one of seven equal parts of a whole, written 1/7. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: an order word (7th day, 7th grade) or a fraction: a seventh of 28 is 4. Everyday: seventh grade, the seventh floor, «in seventh heaven» means very happy.

Examples

• She is in the seventh grade. tree →
• On the seventh day he rested. tree →
• A seventh of 28 is 4. tree →
• Two sevenths of the class are boys. tree →
• Our flat is on the seventh floor. tree →
• He finished seventh out of twenty runners. tree →
• When she got the puppy she was in seventh heaven. tree →
• "I, too, will try a seventh time!" cried Bruce. tree →

Note

Written 7th. As order it points to an item; as a fraction it means divide by 7: a seventh of n = n ÷ 7. Trap: «seventh» order is not «seven» things. Plural «sevenths» is for fractions.

In Jewish tradition

The seventh day is the Sabbath, the day of rest, and the seventh year and seventh month also have special holiness.

Interpretation. Tradition says God blessed and made holy the seventh day, and Jews keep it as a day of rest from Friday evening to Saturday night.

Examples

• So the people rested on the seventh day. (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim: (Torah NUM.7.48, JPS 1917) tree →
• And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. (Writings 1CH.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (Writings 1CH.12.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; (Writings 1CH.24.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Written 7th. As order it points to an item; as a fraction it means divide by 7: a seventh of n = n ÷ 7. Trap: «seventh» order is not «seven» things. Plural «sevenths» is for fractions.