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# gate

noun (gate, gates)

«gate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A gate is a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#m1)
2. A gate at an airport is the place where you get on the plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#m2)
3. A gate is an entrance where people go in, for example at a stadium or a school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#m3)

### In the lessons

A place in the story; sometimes its width is part of a fence, or people pass through it and are counted. In safety: close the gate so a dog or a small child cannot run into the road; pool gates must stay shut. Phrases: «front gate», «school gate», «go through the gate», «gate 9».

### Examples

- The fence has a gate 1 metre wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x1)
- 120 people came through the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x2)
- Our plane leaves from gate 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x3)
- Each gate lets in 30 fans a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x4)
- Please shut the gate so the dog stays in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x5)
- Mum waits for me at the school gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x6)
- The farmer opened the gate and the sheep ran into the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x7)
- Never climb over the pool gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gate/#x8)

### Note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.

## In Jewish tradition

A gate is the city entrance where elders sat as judges and business was done; "thy gates" means one's towns.

**Interpretation.** Writing God's words on the "gates" is the mitzvah of the mezuzah, fixed on the doorposts of Jewish homes and rooms.

### Examples

- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x1)
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x2)
- All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. (Torah DEU.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x3)
- And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. (Writings EST.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x4)
- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x5)
- Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? (Writings JOB.38.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x6)

### Note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.

## Meaning

## On Mova

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