[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sunrise/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / sunrise # sunrise noun (a sunrise, sunrises; sunrise) «sunrise» 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. Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#m1) 2. A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#m2) ### In the lessons In science, sunrise happens because the Earth spins, not because the sun moves round the Earth; the sun rises in the east. In geography and maths, sunrise times change through the year: earlier in summer and later in winter. In stories, sunrise often means a new start or hope. Phrases: «at sunrise», «from sunrise to sunset», «watch the sunrise». ### Examples - We got up early to watch the sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x1) - The farmer works from sunrise to sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x2) - The sun rises in the east. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x3) - The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x4) - Sunrise is later in winter than in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x5) - The birds start singing before sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x6) - If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x7) - We left the campsite at sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x8) - He reached the palace at sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x9) ### Note Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise. ## In Jewish tradition "Toward the sunrising" means to the east. **Interpretation.** East is the direction of Eden and of the first camp of Judah. Tradition faces Jerusalem for prayer, not the sunrise. ### Examples - Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x1) - and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x2) - Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, (Torah NUM.2.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x3) - and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (Prophets JOS.13.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x4) - They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (Prophets JDG.20.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x5) - And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia. (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x6) ### Note Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «sunrise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«sunrise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sunrise.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «sunrise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«sunrise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sunrise.html) on Mova free.