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# foremost

adjective (also adverb: put your best foot foremost)

«foremost» 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

First in place, rank or order; the one at the front. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foremost/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories the leader of a group is the foremost one, the first to go or to be named.

### Examples

- The foremost runner crossed the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foremost/#x1)
- The foremost buffalo charged at the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foremost/#x2)
- The grasshopper went foremost with his cousin behind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foremost/#x3)

### Note

foremost gives first place in an order, a position, not an amount; it does not add or take away

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The order Jacob gave his family is read by commentators as a sign of his fear and care before meeting Esau, putting those he loved least at risk first and Rachel and Joseph last and safest. In the primary lessons: in stories the leader of a group is the foremost one, the first to go or to be named.

### Examples

- And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. (Torah GEN.33.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foremost/#x1)
- And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? (Torah GEN.32.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foremost/#x2)
- And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.' (Prophets 2SA.18.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foremost/#x3)

### Note

foremost gives first place in an order, a position, not an amount; it does not add or take away

## On Mova

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