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# footstep

noun (a footstep, footsteps)

«footstep» 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 footstep is one step that someone takes when walking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#m1)
2. A footstep is the sound of a step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#m2)
3. «Follow in someone's footsteps» means do the same thing they did, such as the same job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, «footsteps» in the dark build suspense: «I heard footsteps behind me.» The phrase «follow in her mother's footsteps» means to copy a parent's path in life.

### Examples

- I heard footsteps on the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x1)
- Her footsteps echoed in the empty hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x2)
- He followed in his dad's footsteps and became a firefighter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x3)
- Muddy footsteps led to the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x4)
- The footsteps came closer and closer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x5)
- The baby took her first footsteps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x6)
- Just then, the conversation was interrupted by approaching footsteps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstep/#x7)

### Note

Usually plural. «Footprint» is the mark left; «footstep» is the step or its sound.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Psalms footsteps stand for a person's path in life, which God guides.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the prayer to order the footsteps as asking God to keep a person's actions in line with the Torah.

### Examples

- Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make His footsteps a way. (Writings PSA.85.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x1)
- Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (Writings PSA.119.133, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x2)
- Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed. (Writings PSA.89.52, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x3)

### Note

Usually plural. «Footprint» is the mark left; «footstep» is the step or its sound.

## On Mova

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