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# resting

verb (present participle of rest: rest, rests, rested, resting); adjective (resting, not resting)

«resting» 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. lying down, sleeping or relaxing to get back strength. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#m1)
2. (euphemism, humorous, UK) of an actor: out of work, with no part in a play or film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#m2)
3. lying or leaning on something ("resting on the table"). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#m3)
4. (euphemism) dead and buried ("resting in peace"). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#m4)

### In the lessons

Everyday for rest; in the theatre world "resting" is a jokey, face-saving way for actors to say they have no job. On graves "resting" stands for dead.

### Examples

- The baby is resting after her feed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x1)
- Please be quiet, Grandpa is resting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x2)
- "Are you in anything at the moment?" "No, I'm resting," said the actor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x3)
- My uncle has been resting for a year; he works in a café now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x4)
- The bike was resting against the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x5)
- Here lies Mary, resting in peace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x6)
- Your heart rate when resting is lower than after running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x7)
- After resting a few minutes longer, they set out again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resting/#x8)

### Note

Know the context: an actor "resting" is unemployed, not tired. "Resting heart rate" in science means the rate when sitting still. In maths, resting time may be subtracted from total travel time.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, a "resting-place" is a place to settle down and be at peace.

**Interpretation.** The ark going ahead to seek a resting-place is read as God guiding Israel to a home.

### Examples

- For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work (Torah GEN.49.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resting/#x1)
- And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. (Torah NUM.10.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resting/#x2)
- It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resting/#x3)
- And where is the place that may be My resting-place? (Prophets ISA.66.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resting/#x4)
- Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength. (Writings PSA.132.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resting/#x5)
- O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place. (Writings JOB.16.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resting/#x6)

### Note

Know the context: an actor "resting" is unemployed, not tired. "Resting heart rate" in science means the rate when sitting still. In maths, resting time may be subtracted from total travel time.

## On Mova

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