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# man

noun (man, men); verb (man, mans, manned, manning); interjection (man!)

«man» 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 man is a grown-up male person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#m1)
2. Man can mean people in general (old use): «Man has walked on the Moon.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#m2)
3. To man something is to work at it or be in charge of it: man the desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#m3)
4. In games, a man is a piece: a chess man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths a man is a person in the story; men are counted in groups (men and women add to make people) or work at a rate. In everyday life: «Ladies and gentlemen», a snowman, a postman, a fireman (now often firefighter). In stories men are characters: the old man, a wise man.

### Examples

- A man buys 3 shirts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x1)
- 5 men can paint a house in 4 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x2)
- There are 12 men and 15 women. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x3)
- How many people in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x4)
- The man at the shop gave me my change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x5)
- My dad is a tall man with a beard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x6)
- We built a snowman in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x7)
- Two men manned the lifeboat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x8)
- The old man fed the ducks every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x9)
- THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/man/#x10)

### Note

Irregular plural: «men» (one man, two men; not «mans»). «Mankind» means all people; many now say «people» or «humankind». Many job words now avoid «-man»: firefighter, police officer, mail carrier. Maths: groups of men and women add. Trap: «men working together» may need rates, not simple adding.

## In Jewish tradition

It can mean a male, a person, or all people, as the first human in Genesis.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees the first human as made in God's image, and calls each person a world.

### Examples

- or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, (Torah LEV.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x1)
- And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?' (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x2)
- neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (Torah EXO.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x3)
- These are the men of Recah. (Writings 1CH.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x4)
- These things did the three mighty men. (Prophets 2SA.23.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x5)
- The men of Netophah, fifty and six. (Writings EZR.2.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x6)

### Note

Irregular plural: «men» (one man, two men; not «mans»). «Mankind» means all people; many now say «people» or «humankind». Many job words now avoid «-man»: firefighter, police officer, mail carrier. Maths: groups of men and women add. Trap: «men working together» may need rates, not simple adding.

## On Mova

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