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# daybreak

noun (daybreak)

«daybreak» 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

The time in the early morning when light first appears in the sky; dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories daybreak marks the start of a journey or the end of a long night; in science it links to sunrise and the Earth turning. Phrases: «at daybreak», «before daybreak», «from daybreak till dusk».

### Examples

- We set off at daybreak to catch the early ferry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x1)
- The rooster crows at daybreak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x2)
- The soldiers waited until daybreak to cross the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x3)
- Farmers often work from daybreak till dusk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x4)
- By daybreak the snow had covered the whole garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x5)
- Birds sing loudest just before daybreak, in the dawn chorus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x6)
- Daybreak comes earlier in summer than in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x7)
- At daybreak Jack rose and went out into the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daybreak/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable, usually with «at»: «at daybreak». Means the same as «dawn» and «first light»; opposite «dusk», «nightfall». Daybreak is a little before sunrise, when the sky already lightens but the Sun is not yet up.

## In Jewish tradition

In Hosea it means the sudden moment of morning when judgment falls on Israel's king. In the primary lessons: In stories daybreak marks the start of a journey or the end of a long night; in science it links to sunrise and the Earth turning. Phrases: «at daybreak», «before daybreak», «from daybreak till dusk».

### Examples

- So hath Beth-el done unto you because of your great wickedness; at daybreak is the king of Israel utterly cut off. (Prophets HOS.10.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daybreak/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable, usually with «at»: «at daybreak». Means the same as «dawn» and «first light»; opposite «dusk», «nightfall». Daybreak is a little before sunrise, when the sky already lightens but the Sun is not yet up.

## On Mova

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