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# black

adjective (black, blacker, blackest); noun (black)

«black» 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. Black is the darkest color, the color of the night sky or of coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#m1)
2. Black means with no light: «It was black outside». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#m2)
3. Black can describe people whose families came from Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#m3)
4. Black coffee has no milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#m4)

### In the lessons

a color that sorts things into groups to count or compare; in art, black mixed with a color makes a darker shade; phrases «black and white», «blackboard», «blackout», «black eye», «in black and white» (written down)

### Examples

- There are 12 black cats and 8 white cats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x1)
- She has 5 black pens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x2)
- How many socks are not black? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x3)
- The black car costs more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x4)
- Write your name in black ink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x5)
- The old film is in black and white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x6)
- The sky turned black before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x7)
- A zebra has black and white stripes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x8)
- He got a black eye playing football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x9)
- Black clothes get hot in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/black/#x10)

### Note

Sorts things into groups; groups are added or compared. Trap: the black ones are a part, not the total. Black objects take in more heat from sunlight than white ones.

## In Jewish tradition

Black hair in a skin spot is a sign the priest checks to decide whether a person is clean. The prophets and Job also use it for darkness and sorrow: the sun and moon turning black, and black horses in Zechariah's vision.

**Interpretation.** The priest, not a doctor, judged skin marks, and the rabbis say such marks are linked to wrongdoing like gossip. The darkening of sun and moon is read as a sign of the great day of the LORD.

### Examples

- But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (Torah LEV.13.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/black/#x1)
- Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself; (Writings JOB.6.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/black/#x2)
- The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining. (Prophets JOL.4.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/black/#x3)
- In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; (Prophets ZEC.6.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/black/#x4)

### Note

Sorts things into groups; groups are added or compared. Trap: the black ones are a part, not the total. Black objects take in more heat from sunlight than white ones.

## On Mova

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