[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rider/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rider # rider noun (a rider, riders) «rider» 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 person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#m1) 2. A passenger on a bus or train (mostly American). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#m2) ### In the lessons In everyday life and road safety, bike riders wear helmets, use lights and follow road rules; horse riders wear hard hats. In stories, a rider may gallop through the night. Phrases: bike rider, horse rider, a good rider, motorbike rider. ### Examples - The rider fell off her horse but was not hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x1) - Every bike rider should wear a helmet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x2) - Slow down when you pass a horse and rider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x3) - My brother is a fast rider on his scooter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x4) - The bus had only three riders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x5) - The rider pulled the reins to stop the horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x6) - Riders must stop at the red light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x7) - All around were graves, and the rider found he had a gravestone under him! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/#x8) ### Note Countable: a rider, riders. From the verb "ride" (ride, rode, ridden). Safety: riders should be seen, so wear bright clothes and use lights at night. Drivers must pass riders slowly and with lots of space. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah it means a person on a horse. In the Song at the Sea, the horse and rider thrown into the sea are the Egyptian army. **Interpretation.** The Song at the Sea is read aloud in synagogue each year, and traditions sing it as the high point of the Exodus story. ### 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/R/rider/#x1) - And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rider/#x2) - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rider/#x3) - When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high, and scorneth the horse and his rider. (Writings JOB.39.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rider/#x4) - At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses. (Writings PSA.76.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rider/#x5) - And with thee will I shatter the horse and his rider, and with thee will I shatter the chariot and him that rideth therein; (Prophets JER.51.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rider/#x6) ### Note Countable: a rider, riders. From the verb "ride" (ride, rode, ridden). Safety: riders should be seen, so wear bright clothes and use lights at night. Drivers must pass riders slowly and with lots of space. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rider» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rider/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rider» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rider.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rider» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rider/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rider» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rider.html) on Mova free.