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# bed

noun (bed, beds); verb (bed down — to sleep somewhere)

«bed» 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 bed is furniture you sleep on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#m1)
2. A garden bed (flower bed) is a patch of ground for plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#m2)
3. The bed of a river or sea is the ground at its bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#m3)
4. «Go to bed» means go to sleep at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#m4)

### In the lessons

things counted in rooms, or flower beds with rows and area; also bedtime; in science, a riverbed or seabed; phrases «go to bed», «make the bed», «bedtime», «bunk bed», «flower bed»

### Examples

- The hotel has 40 beds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x1)
- Each flower bed has 12 tulips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x2)
- He goes to bed at 8:30. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x3)
- The garden bed is 6 feet long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x4)
- Please make your bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x5)
- We sleep in bunk beds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x6)
- Crabs walk along the sea bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x7)
- The river bed was dry in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x8)
- She read a story in bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x9)
- Children need about 10 hours of sleep, so go to bed on time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x10)
- Get out of bed this minute." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bed/#x11)

### Note

A thing counted or a shape for area. Trap: «go to bed at» gives a clock time; time asleep = wake-up time − bedtime.

## In Jewish tradition

A place for sleeping, or the place on which a person who is unclean lies. Touching a bed can make someone unclean.

**Interpretation.** The bed of a person with a discharge passes uncleanness, and a person who touches it must wash and immerse. The rabbis took these laws to teach care about purity.

### Examples

- And Israel bowed down upon the bed's head. (Torah GEN.47.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bed/#x1)
- And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bed/#x2)
- And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bed/#x3)
- In the beds where it grew it shall wither.' (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bed/#x4)
- I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (Writings PRO.7.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bed/#x5)
- So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bed/#x6)

### Note

A thing counted or a shape for area. Trap: «go to bed at» gives a clock time; time asleep = wake-up time − bedtime.

## On Mova

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