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# bean

noun (bean, beans); verb (bean — informal, to hit on the head)

«bean» 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. A bean is a seed you can eat, which grows in a pod. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#m1)
2. A bean is the plant it grows on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#m2)
3. A bean is a seed of other plants used for food or drinks, like coffee beans or cocoa beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#m3)
4. «Full of beans» means full of energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#m4)

### In the lessons

things counted, like jelly beans, or plants in rows; in science, children grow beans in jars to see roots and shoots; phrases «jelly beans», «baked beans», «green beans», «spill the beans» (tell a secret), «full of beans»

### Examples

- The jar has 50 jelly beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x1)
- She planted 4 rows of 6 bean plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x2)
- He ate 12 beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x3)
- Each bag holds 20 beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x4)
- We grew a bean in a jar in science class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x5)
- Jack climbed the beanstalk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x6)
- Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x7)
- Don't spill the beans about the party! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x8)
- The puppy is full of beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x9)
- Green beans are a healthy vegetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x10)
- You will have to steal some beans from the fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bean/#x11)

### Note

Just a thing counted. Trap: «jelly beans» are candy, still counted one by one. Guess how many beans are in a jar: estimate, then count.

## In Jewish tradition

Beans were common food, here brought to David and his men with other supplies. They were eaten as plain, humble food.

**Interpretation.** The gift of beans, wheat and lentils to David in exile is seen as the kindness of friends who helped him. Tradition praises such hospitality to the needy.

### Examples

- brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, (Prophets 2SA.17.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bean/#x1)

### Note

Just a thing counted. Trap: «jelly beans» are candy, still counted one by one. Guess how many beans are in a jar: estimate, then count.

## On Mova

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