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# journey

noun (journey, journeys); verb (journey, journeys, journeyed, journeying)

«journey» 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 journey is a trip from one place to another, often a long one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#m1)
2. A journey is also a long time of change or learning: «her journey to become a doctor». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#m2)
3. To journey is to travel (in stories or formal writing). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#m3)

### In the lessons

a trip with a distance and a time; parts of a journey are added, or the rest of it is found by taking away; in everyday life: the journey to school, car journeys, train journeys; in stories: heroes go on long journeys and quests; phrases: «a long journey», «on a journey», «journey time», «safe journey!»

### Examples

- The journey is 240 kilometres long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x1)
- They drove 90 km of the journey before lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x2)
- The journey took 3 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x3)
- How much of the journey is left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x4)
- My journey to school takes 15 minutes on foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x5)
- Have a safe journey! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x6)
- The hobbits went on a long journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x7)
- We played games on the train journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x8)
- Learning to read is a journey that takes time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x9)
- The journey began--the journey to Paris. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journey/#x10)

### Note

Signals distance or time as a whole: the whole journey = the sum of its parts; the part left = whole minus the part done. Trap: a return journey doubles the distance. Plural: journeys (vowel + y, just add s).

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah a journey is often a stage of travel. Abraham, Jacob and the Israelites each set out and travelled on from place to place.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the forty-two journeys of Israel in the wilderness as stages in the life of the people and of each person. Jews see the Torah's travel stories as a pattern for how one grows.

### Examples

- And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journey/#x1)
- And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder. (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journey/#x2)
- And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush. (Torah NUM.33.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journey/#x3)
- Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. (Prophets JON.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journey/#x4)
- For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; (Writings PRO.7.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journey/#x5)
- And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. (Prophets JOS.9.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/journey/#x6)

### Note

Signals distance or time as a whole: the whole journey = the sum of its parts; the part left = whole minus the part done. Trap: a return journey doubles the distance. Plural: journeys (vowel + y, just add s).

## On Mova

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