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# myriad

noun (a myriad, myriads); adjective (myriad lights)

«myriad» 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 myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myriad/#m1)
2. (old use) «Myriad» can also mean countless, very many: myriad lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myriad/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a huge crowd or swarm of small things, such as gnats, flies or lights; it stands for a number too large to count, not an exact amount

### Examples

- There were myriads of gnats dancing over the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myriad/#x1)
- The palace glowed with myriad lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myriad/#x2)
- A myriad of stars filled the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myriad/#x3)

### Note

«a myriad» is not an exact count, so never use it as a sum or answer; in old Greek it meant ten thousand, but in stories it means countless.

## In Jewish tradition

In Moses' blessing, it names the holy multitudes, thought of as angels, who came with God at Sinai.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the verse as picturing God giving the Torah at Sinai with holy ones around Him and fiery law at His right hand.

### Examples

- And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them. (Torah DEU.33.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/myriad/#x1)
- The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness. (Writings PSA.68.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/myriad/#x2)

### Note

«a myriad» is not an exact count, so never use it as a sum or answer; in old Greek it meant ten thousand, but in stories it means countless.

## On Mova

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