sitting

verb form (-ing form of sit: sit, sits, sat, sitting); noun (a sitting, sittings); adjective (sitting room)

«sitting» 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

Sitting means resting your bottom on a chair, the floor or another seat, with your back up. tree →
Sitting can mean staying in a place or position: the book was sitting on the shelf. tree →
A sitting is one of the times when a meal is served to a group, or one session of doing something. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and school: «sitting still», «sitting on the carpet», «sitting in your seat with your seat belt on». In health lessons, sitting too long is not good; get up and move. In stories «sitting» sets the scene (sitting by the fire). In the UK a «sitting room» is a living room. Phrases: sit down, sitting up, sitting still, sitting room, at one sitting, babysitting.

Examples

The children were sitting on the carpet for the story. tree →
Please stay sitting while the bus is moving. tree →
My cat is sitting on the window sill. tree →
I read the whole book at one sitting. tree →
We were sitting by the campfire. tree →
Sitting for hours in front of a screen is not healthy. tree →
The keys were sitting on the table the whole time. tree →
She is babysitting her little cousin. tree →
‘Who’s been sitting on my little chair?’ tree →

Note

Double the «t»: sit → sitting. Past: sat. «Sitting» (on a seat) and «setting» (put something down, or the place of a story) are different words. «Seated» is the more formal word.

In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh sitting also means staying in a place, such as David's men hiding in a cave or Ehud's king in his cool chamber. "Sitting down and rising up" is a way of saying everything a person does.

Interpretation. The tradition reads "their sitting down and their rising up" in Lamentations as God watching all the actions of the people, even when enemies mock them.

Examples

Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying: (Torah GEN.23.10, JPS 1917) tree →
Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. (Writings LAM.3.63, JPS 1917) tree →
Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave. (Prophets 1SA.24.4, JPS 1917) tree →
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber. (Prophets JDG.3.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Double the «t»: sit → sitting. Past: sat. «Sitting» (on a seat) and «setting» (put something down, or the place of a story) are different words. «Seated» is the more formal word.

On Mova

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

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