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# empty

adjective (empty, emptier, emptiest); verb (empty, empties, emptied, emptying)

«empty» 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. Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#m1)
2. Empty means with no people: an empty street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#m2)
3. To empty is to take everything out: empty your bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#m3)

### In the lessons

the table or a container at the start (start from zero); at the end, «empty» means all was taken; in everyday life «empty the bin», «on an empty stomach» (without eating); in science an «empty» jar is really full of air

### Examples

- Scene 1. The table is empty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x1)
- The jar was empty, then Kim put in 7 coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x2)
- After the party the box was empty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x3)
- Please empty the dishwasher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x4)
- The playground was empty after the bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x5)
- My water bottle is empty; can I fill it? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x6)
- She emptied her pockets onto the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x7)
- An empty glass is not really empty: it is full of air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x8)
- The bed was cold and empty! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empty/#x9)

### Note

Start from zero. Trap: «empty» at the end means everything was taken: the amount taken equals the start. Verb forms: empties, emptied (change y to i).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means without a gift in hand. Pilgrims must not appear before God empty-handed, and a freed servant must not leave empty. In the Prophets and Writings it can mean lacking help, as widows sent away empty, or an empty space, as the sky over which God stretches the north.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the rule about pilgrim festivals as a duty to bring an offering. It reads the rule about freed servants as a duty to give generously (hanaka), so the person starts a new life with something. Job's saying that God hangs the earth over nothing is read as praise of God's power over creation.

### Examples

- And none shall appear before Me empty. (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/empty/#x1)
- And it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; (Torah EXO.3.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/empty/#x2)
- And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty; (Torah DEU.15.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/empty/#x3)
- Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually? (Prophets HAB.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/empty/#x4)
- Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. (Writings JOB.22.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/empty/#x5)
- He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing. (Writings JOB.26.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/empty/#x6)

### Note

Start from zero. Trap: «empty» at the end means everything was taken: the amount taken equals the start. Verb forms: empties, emptied (change y to i).

## On Mova

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