[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hope/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hope # hope verb (hope, hopes, hoped, hoping); noun (hope, hopes); adjectives hopeful, hopeless «hope» 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 hope means to want something to happen and to think it could happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#m1) 2. Hope is the feeling that something good may happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#m2) 3. A hope is something you wish for. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#m3) 4. «I hope so» means I want it to be true; «I hope not» means I don't want it to be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#m4) ### In the lessons In everyday life people say «I hope you feel better», «I hope it doesn't rain». In stories hope keeps characters going in hard times, and losing hope is a low point. Hope is different from knowing: in science and maths you check results instead of just hoping they are right. Phrases: hope for, hope so, hope not, high hopes, give up hope, lose hope, hope for the best. ### Examples - I hope it will be sunny tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x1) - I hope you feel better soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x2) - We hope to visit Grandma in the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x3) - Don't give up hope; we'll find your cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x4) - Will we win? I hope so! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x5) - She has high hopes for the competition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x6) - The lost hikers never lost hope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x7) - I hope I passed my test, but I'll check my answers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x8) - Hook was fighting now without hope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/#x9) ### Note Regular verb: hoped, hoping (drop «e»). Patterns: «hope to + verb» (I hope to win), «hope that + sentence» (I hope that you win), «hope for + noun» (hope for good weather). «Hope» (something possible) is different from «wish» (often something not possible: I wish I could fly). ## In Jewish tradition In the Prophets and Writings hope is trust in God, and God Himself can be called "the hope of Israel". It can also mean what a person waits for, which may be disappointed, as in Job. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads these verses as teaching that Israel's real hope rests in God alone, even in hard times. The psalms join hope with waiting for God's word and salvation. ### Examples - I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hope/#x1) - However, that may be, I hope I have at least succeeded in removing some obstacles to a better understanding of the Sefer Yetzira and the Pythafrorean philosophy and their relation to each other. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hope/#x2) - My hope, it is in Thee. (Writings PSA.39.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hope/#x3) - Thou hope of Israel, the LORD! (Prophets JER.17.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hope/#x4) - And as for my hope, who shall see it? (Writings JOB.17.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hope/#x5) ### Note Regular verb: hoped, hoping (drop «e»). Patterns: «hope to + verb» (I hope to win), «hope that + sentence» (I hope that you win), «hope for + noun» (hope for good weather). «Hope» (something possible) is different from «wish» (often something not possible: I wish I could fly). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «hope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hope.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «hope» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hope» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hope.html) on Mova free.