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# house

noun (house, houses); verb (house, houses, housed — to give a place to live)

«house» 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. A house is a building where a family lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m1)
2. A house can mean the people in it: «The whole house woke up». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m2)
3. In some schools, a house is a team that pupils belong to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m3)
4. To house is to give a place to live or keep: «The museum houses old toys». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m4)

### In the lessons

a place in a story (rooms, windows) or a group: houses on a street, each with some things; houses × things each; phrases: «at my house», «house number», «tree house», «house points», «on the house» (free)

### Examples

- There are 6 houses on the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x1)
- Each house has 4 windows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x2)
- He visited 3 houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x3)
- How many rooms are in the house? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x4)
- We built a tree house in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x5)
- My house number is 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x6)
- Our house won the most points on sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x7)
- Know your address and how to call for help from your house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x8)

### Note

Plural: houses. A place or a group: houses × things each. Trap: count the houses or the things in them, as the question asks. Trap: a house number is a name, not an amount.

## In Jewish tradition

Here house often means a family or line of descendants, as in "the house of his father". It can also mean a dwelling place for God.

**Interpretation.** "House of Israel" means the whole people. The Tabernacle, later the Temple, is called God's house, where God's presence dwells.

### Examples

- And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?' (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x1)
- And he was honoured above all the house of his father. (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x2)
- and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x3)
- And Nathan departed unto his house. (Prophets 2SA.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x4)
- But the house of Judah followed David. (Prophets 2SA.2.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x5)
- Do I change, O house of Jacob? (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x6)

### Note

Plural: houses. A place or a group: houses × things each. Trap: count the houses or the things in them, as the question asks. Trap: a house number is a name, not an amount.

## On Mova

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