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# thereabout

adverb

«thereabout» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It means the land around the Levite cities, the open pasture for their animals.

**Interpretation.** The Levites had no portion of land, so they were given cities and fields. The tradition reads this as a way to support those who serve the community.

### Meaning

In or near that place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thereabout/#m1)

### Examples

- and they spoke unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: 'The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the open land thereabout for our cattle.' (Prophets JOS.21.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thereabout/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

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