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# table

noun (table, tables); verb (table, tables, tabled — rare)

«table» 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 table is a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs, where you eat, work or put things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#m1)
2. A table is also a set of numbers or words in rows and columns, like a times table or a timetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#m2)
3. The table can mean the people sitting at it: «the whole table laughed». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#m3)

### In the lessons

the place where things are put and taken away; a «times table» is a list of products (3 × 1, 3 × 2 …); in science a table of results records what we measured; phrases: «set the table», «clear the table», «at the table», «times tables»

### Examples

- I put three spoons on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x1)
- There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x2)
- Mia takes 2 apples off the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x3)
- Please set the table for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x4)
- We learned the 7 times table today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x5)
- Write your results in the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x6)
- The bus table shows when the next bus comes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x7)
- The whole table cheered when the cake arrived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x8)
- The copyists sat at their tables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/table/#x9)

### Note

A place, not an amount. «on the table and in the box» lists two parts to add. Trap: a «times table» is a list of products, not furniture. Countable: a table, tables. «Turn the tables» means to change who is winning.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tabernacle it was a special gold-covered table that held the showbread before God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says twelve loaves, one for each tribe, were set on it each Sabbath. It is seen as a sign of God's blessing of food and plenty.

### Examples

- the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.39.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/table/#x1)
- And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway. (Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/table/#x2)
- the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.35.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/table/#x3)
- Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.' (Prophets 1SA.20.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/table/#x4)
- Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart. (Writings PRO.7.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/table/#x5)
- While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. (Writings SNG.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/table/#x6)

### Note

A place, not an amount. «on the table and in the box» lists two parts to add. Trap: a «times table» is a list of products, not furniture. Countable: a table, tables. «Turn the tables» means to change who is winning.

## On Mova

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