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# divide

verb (divide, divides, divided, dividing); noun (a divide — rare)

«divide» 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. To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#m1)
2. To divide is to split anything into parts: divide the class into teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#m2)
3. To divide can mean to keep two places apart: a river divides the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#m3)

### In the lessons

the operation ÷ ; the opposite of multiplying («Dividing undoes multiplying»); «divide A by B» = A ÷ B; «shared equally», «split equally», «each gets» point to dividing; in everyday life dividing a pizza, dividing into teams; in science cells divide to make new cells

### Examples

- When we share a number of things equally into groups, we divide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x1)
- Dividing undoes multiplying: 3 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x2)
- Divide 18 sweets among 6 children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x3)
- The class of 24 is divided into 4 teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x4)
- 20 divided by 5 is 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x5)
- Dad divided the pizza into 8 slices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x6)
- A fence divides our garden from the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x7)
- Divide the page into two columns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x8)
- They divided the money into three heaps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divide/#x9)

### Note

Divide when a total is shared equally or put into equal groups; check by multiplying back. Trap: the total comes first: «divide 18 by 6» is 18 ÷ 6, not 6 ÷ 18. You cannot divide by zero. Noun «division»; what is left over is the «remainder».

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it often means sharing out the land among the tribes, or separating one thing from another.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the dividing of the land by lot as fair and God-guided, with each tribe's share set by its numbers.

### Examples

- And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. (Torah GEN.33.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/divide/#x1)
- According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.' (Torah NUM.26.56, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/divide/#x2)
- 'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. (Torah NUM.26.53, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/divide/#x3)
- I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.' (Prophets 2SA.19.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/divide/#x4)
- So they made an end of dividing the land. (Prophets JOS.19.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/divide/#x5)
- 'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? (Prophets JDG.5.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/divide/#x6)

### Note

Divide when a total is shared equally or put into equal groups; check by multiplying back. Trap: the total comes first: «divide 18 by 6» is 18 ÷ 6, not 6 ÷ 18. You cannot divide by zero. Noun «division»; what is left over is the «remainder».

## On Mova

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