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# spoke

verb form (past of speak: speak, speaks, spoke, spoken); noun (a spoke, spokes)

«spoke» 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. Spoke is the past form of «speak»: «She spoke to the teacher.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#m1)
2. A spoke is one of the thin bars or wires that join the middle (hub) of a wheel to its rim, as on a bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#m2)

### In the lessons

In grammar, «spoke» is an irregular past form (speak – spoke – spoken). In everyday life bike wheels have spokes; in maths and design, spokes go out from the centre of a circle like radii. Phrases: «spoke to», «spoke up», «put a spoke in someone's wheel».

### Examples

- She spoke very quietly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x1)
- I spoke to my teacher about the problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x2)
- He finally spoke up for his friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x3)
- One spoke on my bike wheel is broken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x4)
- The spokes of the wheel go from the centre to the edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x5)
- We put beads on the spokes so they clicked when we rode. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x6)
- He spoke for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoke/#x7)

### Note

Irregular verb: speak, spoke, spoken — never «speaked». The noun «spoke» is countable (spokes). In a circle, spokes are like radii: all the same length from the centre.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it mostly means God or a person said something aloud, often in the form "the LORD spoke unto Moses." It is the ordinary past of speak, with "unto" as an old word for "to."

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that God spoke to Moses more clearly than to any other prophet, "mouth to mouth." Commentators say the Torah speaks in human language to describe divine communication.

### Examples

- And God spoke unto Noah, saying: (Torah GEN.8.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spoke/#x1)
- And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. (Torah GEN.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spoke/#x2)
- And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (Torah EXO.6.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spoke/#x3)
- And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying: (Prophets JOS.4.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spoke/#x4)
- My soul failed me when he spoke. (Writings SNG.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spoke/#x5)
- And the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz, saying: (Prophets ISA.7.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spoke/#x6)

### Note

Irregular verb: speak, spoke, spoken — never «speaked». The noun «spoke» is countable (spokes). In a circle, spokes are like radii: all the same length from the centre.

## On Mova

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