[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/path/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / path # path noun (path, paths) «path» 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 path is a narrow way to walk on, through a park, garden or woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#m1) 2. A path is the line or route along which something moves: the path of a ball, the path of a storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#m2) 3. A path can be a way of living or a plan for the future: «a career path». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths: a length walked, run or built; paths around gardens or fields; a path around a shape is like a perimeter; «there and back». In science: the path of the Moon around the Earth, the path of light. In everyday life and safety: stay on the path in the woods. In stories: a winding path through the forest. ### Examples - The path is 300 meters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x1) - He walked along the path 3 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x2) - A path goes around the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x3) - How long is the path from the house to the gate? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x4) - Stay on the path when you walk in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x5) - The ball followed a curved path through the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x6) - The storm's path crossed the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x7) - A narrow path led down to the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x8) - Ride your bike on the bike path, not the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x9) - The path led to a beautiful house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/#x10) ### Note A length; walking it many times = multiply. A path around a shape is like a perimeter. Trap: «there and back» on a path is twice the length. Plural: paths. A path is narrower than a road; a «footpath» is for walkers. Safety: in parks and forests, staying on the path keeps you from getting lost. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah "paths" are the thirty-two paths of wisdom, which are ten numbers and twenty-two letters. Kabbalists see each path as a stage in how God made the world. In the primary lessons: In maths: a length walked, run or built; paths around gardens or fields; a path around a shape is like a perimeter; «there and back». In science: the path of the Moon around the Earth, the path of light. In everyday life and safety: stay on the path in the woods. In stories: a winding path through the forest. ### Examples - Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/#x1) - The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/#x2) - 'The Path," 144, Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.A- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/#x3) - Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. (Writings PSA.25.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/#x4) - Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths; (Writings PRO.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/#x5) - He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.' (Writings JOB.33.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/#x6) ### Note A length; walking it many times = multiply. A path around a shape is like a perimeter. Trap: «there and back» on a path is twice the length. Plural: paths. A path is narrower than a road; a «footpath» is for walkers. Safety: in parks and forests, staying on the path keeps you from getting lost. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «path» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/path/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«path» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/path.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «path» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/path/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«path» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/path.html) on Mova free.