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# sea

noun (sea, seas)

«sea» 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. The large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#m1)
2. A particular large area of salt water: "the North Sea". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#m2)
3. A large amount of something: "a sea of faces". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and geography, the sea is salty; seas and oceans are home to fish, whales and plants; the Moon causes tides. In safety: swim between the flags, watch for rip currents, never swim alone. Phrases: at sea, by the sea, seaside, seashell, sea level, out to sea, all at sea (confused).

### Examples

- We went swimming in the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x1)
- Sea water is salty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x2)
- Whales live in the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x3)
- The boat was far out at sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x4)
- Swim between the flags at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x5)
- We built sandcastles by the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x6)
- Mount Everest is 8,849 metres above sea level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x7)
- I was all at sea in the new maths topic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x8)
- There was a storm at sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x9)

### Note

"Sea" sounds like "see" (with your eyes) — homophones. Seas are usually smaller than oceans. Do not drink sea water; it makes you more thirsty.

## In Jewish tradition

The Red Sea is the sea that split for Israel. In the food laws it is the place where fish with fins and scales live. In Solomon's Temple the "sea" was a huge bronze basin for the priests' washing, set on twelve oxen. In Job and Isaiah the sea is also a wild place of springs and depths.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis tell that the sea parted for Israel, and the event is remembered each day in prayer and especially at Passover. The twelve oxen under the bronze sea are read as standing for the twelve tribes.

### Examples

- And they journeyed from Elim, and pitched by the Red Sea. (Torah NUM.33.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sea/#x1)
- And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin. (Torah NUM.33.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sea/#x2)
- and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sea/#x3)
- one sea, and the twelve oxen under it. (Writings 2CH.4.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sea/#x4)
- The burden of the wilderness of the sea. (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sea/#x5)
- Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sea/#x6)

### Note

"Sea" sounds like "see" (with your eyes) — homophones. Seas are usually smaller than oceans. Do not drink sea water; it makes you more thirsty.

## On Mova

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