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# fourteenth

ordinal number, adjective, noun (fourteenth, 14th; a fourteenth, fourteenths)

«fourteenth» 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. Fourteenth is number 14 in order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#m1)
2. A fourteenth is one of 14 equal parts of something, written 1/14. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: a position in a line or list (13 are ahead), or a fraction with 14 equal parts; everyday life: the fourteenth floor, a fourteenth birthday

### Examples

- Tom is fourteenth in the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x1)
- The fourteenth page has a picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x2)
- One fourteenth of the cake is left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x3)
- Who is fourteenth in the race? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x4)
- Her fourteenth birthday is in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x5)
- One fourteenth of 28 is 2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x6)
- The fourteenth night had come, and in despair the prisoner went out to take his last walk through the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourteenth/#x7)

### Note

As a position it is a place, not an amount; as «a fourteenth» it is 1/14. Trap: being fourteenth in line means 13 people are ahead. Short form 14th.

## In Jewish tradition

The fourteenth day of the first month is the day of the Passover offering, at dusk.

**Interpretation.** Tradition keeps Passover on this date: the Passover lamb was killed and eaten that evening, and a "second Passover" on the fourteenth of the second month was allowed for those who could not keep it in time.

### Examples

- And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover. (Torah NUM.28.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourteenth/#x1)
- In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover. (Torah LEV.23.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourteenth/#x2)
- in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; (Torah NUM.9.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourteenth/#x3)
- the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab; (Writings 1CH.24.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourteenth/#x4)
- For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourteenth/#x5)
- And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. (Writings EZR.6.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourteenth/#x6)

### Note

As a position it is a place, not an amount; as «a fourteenth» it is 1/14. Trap: being fourteenth in line means 13 people are ahead. Short form 14th.

## On Mova

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