sunrise

Everyday

1. Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon. tree →
2. A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up. tree →

In the lessons

In science, sunrise happens because the Earth spins, not because the sun moves round the Earth; the sun rises in the east. In geography and maths, sunrise times change through the year: earlier in summer and later in winter. In stories, sunrise often means a new start or hope. Phrases: «at sunrise», «from sunrise to sunset», «watch the sunrise».

Examples

• We got up early to watch the sunrise. tree →
• The farmer works from sunrise to sunset. tree →
• The sun rises in the east. tree →
• The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange. tree →
• Sunrise is later in winter than in summer. tree →
• The birds start singing before sunrise. tree →
• If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight. tree →
• We left the campsite at sunrise. tree →
• He reached the palace at sunrise. tree →

Note

Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise.

In Jewish tradition

"Toward the sunrising" means to the east.

Interpretation. East is the direction of Eden and of the first camp of Judah. Tradition faces Jerusalem for prayer, not the sunrise.

Examples

• Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.47, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, (Torah NUM.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (Prophets JOS.13.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (Prophets JDG.20.43, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia. (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise.