village

Everyday

1. A village is a small group of houses and people in the country, smaller than a town. tree →
2. The village can also mean all the people who live there. tree →
3. A «global village» means the whole world feels close because people can talk across it. tree →

In the lessons

a setting; houses, people or animals in a village are counted; distances between villages; in everyday life and stories a village has a few shops, a church or a school, a green or a pub, and everyone knows everyone; in history and geography villages grow into towns and cities

Examples

• The village has 85 houses. tree →
• 320 people live in the village. tree →
• The next village is 7 km away. tree →
• Two villages have 150 and 230 people. tree →
• Grandma lives in a quiet village by the river. tree →
• The whole village came to the summer fair. tree →
• The village shop sells bread, milk and stamps. tree →
• In the story, a dragon flew over the sleeping village. tree →
• Many villages in the valley have fewer than 500 people. tree →
• In the village all were still asleep. tree →

Note

A word of the story; the numbers are for houses, people or distances. Size order: village < town < city. People in two villages: add them. «Villager» is a person who lives in a village.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, a village is a small unwalled settlement near a bigger town. In Joshua the villages belong to a city and are listed with it when the land is divided among the tribes. In the primary lessons: a setting; houses, people or animals in a village are counted; distances between villages; in everyday life and stories a village has a few shops, a church or a school, a green or a pub, and everyone knows everyone; in history and geography villages grow into towns and cities

Examples

• And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair. (Torah NUM.32.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. (Torah NUM.32.42, JPS 1917) tree →
• these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations. (Torah GEN.25.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ekron, with its towns and its villages; (Prophets JOS.15.45, JPS 1917) tree →
• Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.57, JPS 1917) tree →
• and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: (Prophets JOS.19.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A word of the story; the numbers are for houses, people or distances. Size order: village < town < city. People in two villages: add them. «Villager» is a person who lives in a village.