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# happen

verb (happen, happens, happened, happening)

«happen» 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. To happen is to take place, to come about: What happened? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#m1)
2. To happen to someone is to be the thing they go through: Something funny happened to me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#m2)
3. To happen to do something is to do it by chance: I happened to see her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#m3)

### In the lessons

what is being done to the things or groups («Think: what happens to the groups?»); a study question: picture the change before choosing the operation; in science «what happens if we heat ice?» (predict); in stories events that happen in order

### Examples

- Not quite. Think: what happens to the groups? Here we multiply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x1)
- What happens to the apples when Tom eats 2? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x2)
- What happened at school today? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x3)
- Accidents can happen, so be careful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x4)
- What happens if we put the ice in the sun? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x5)
- I happened to see your mum at the shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x6)
- Something strange happened in the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x7)
- And then a strange thing happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/happen/#x8)

### Note

A study question: picture what happens to the things before choosing. «happen» has no object: say «What happened?», not «What was happened?». Noun «happening» (an event).

## In Jewish tradition

what is being done to the things or groups («Think: what happens to the groups?»); a study question: picture the change before choosing the operation; in science «what happens if we heat ice?» (predict); in stories events that happen in order

### Examples

- Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us the things that shall happen; the former things, what are they? (Prophets ISA.41.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/happen/#x1)
- And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.' (Prophets 1SA.28.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/happen/#x2)
- And the young man that told him said: 'As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him. (Prophets 2SA.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/happen/#x3)

### Note

A study question: picture what happens to the things before choosing. «happen» has no object: say «What happened?», not «What was happened?». Noun «happening» (an event).

## On Mova

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