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# oft

adverb (old use; no forms)

«oft» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Old word for "often." The Psalms and Job use it for how many times Israel rebelled or how rarely the wicked suffer. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and old poems, «oft» means «often» and makes the tale sound long ago

### Meaning

1. (old use) Oft means often, many times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#m1)
2. Oft is used in poems and fairy tales to sound old-fashioned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#m2)

### Examples

- How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert! (Writings PSA.78.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x1)
- And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. (Prophets 2KI.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x2)
- How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger? (Writings JOB.21.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x3)
- Oft asked I for this boon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x4)
- The kittens oft gripped at the spindle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x5)
- We oft went to the river in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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