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# apple

noun (apple, apples)

«apple» 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

1. An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#m1)
2. An apple tree is the tree that grows apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#m2)

### In the lessons

a fruit put on and taken off the table; a counted thing in problems; in science the apple is a fruit that holds seeds (the story of Newton and the falling apple and gravity); in everyday life lunchbox snacks, apple juice, apple pie; «an apple a day keeps the doctor away»

### Examples

- I place two apples on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x1)
- There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x2)
- A basket holds 6 apples. How many apples are in 4 baskets? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x3)
- Nora has 5 apples and Ali has 8 apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x4)
- I have an apple in my lunchbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x5)
- We picked apples at the farm in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x6)
- Cut the apple in half and look at the seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x7)
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x8)
- The apples were beginning to roast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x9)

### Note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.

## In Jewish tradition

"The apple of His eye" means the pupil of the eye, the most precious and carefully guarded part. In Proverbs the same saying is used for the teaching a person should guard, and "apples of gold" means beautiful, fitting words. In the Song of Songs apples are a sweet, refreshing fruit of love.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as showing how tenderly God guarded Israel in the wilderness. The rabbis read the Song of Songs as a love song between God and Israel, so the apples stand for the sweetness of that bond.

### Examples

- He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x1)
- A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. (Writings PRO.25.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x2)
- 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x3)
- Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye. (Writings PRO.7.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x4)

### Note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apple.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «apple» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apple» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/apple.html) on Mova free.