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# wall

noun (wall, walls); verb (wall in, wall off — rare)

«wall» 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 wall is one of the sides of a room or building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#m1)
2. A wall is also a fence of stone or brick around a garden, field or town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#m2)
3. A wall can be a thing that stops you, like «a wall of water» or «hit a wall» (to get stuck). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#m3)
4. The wall of a body part is its outer layer, like the stomach wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: area to paint or tile (length × height); length or height of a wall; things hung on each wall; a room with 4 walls. In everyday life: pictures and posters on the wall, a garden wall, a climbing wall. In history: city walls, the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall. Phrases: «on the wall», «wall chart», «off the wall» (strange).

### Examples

- The wall is 4 meters long and 3 meters high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x1)
- She painted 2 walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x2)
- Each wall has 5 pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x3)
- A room has 4 walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x4)
- We put our drawings on the classroom wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x5)
- Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans across northern England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x6)
- The cat jumped onto the garden wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x7)
- Kids queued for the climbing wall at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x8)
- The monkeys leaped higher up the walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wall/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a wall», «walls». Things are «on» a wall (a picture on the wall), but «in» a wall (a hole in the wall). Maths: area of a wall = length × height; take away windows and doors. Pictures per wall is a rate. A room often hides the number 4. Safety: do not climb on high walls.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, a wall guards a city, and walls of a house can have plague.

**Interpretation.** The plague in a house's walls is a spiritual sign that the sages connect with wrongdoing such as gossip. Jericho's walls later fall.

### Examples

- Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall. (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wall/#x1)
- All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. (Torah DEU.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wall/#x2)
- And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; (Torah LEV.14.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wall/#x3)
- Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. (Writings PSA.122.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wall/#x4)
- And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall; (Prophets ISA.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wall/#x5)
- Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. (Prophets EZK.12.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wall/#x6)

### Note

Countable: «a wall», «walls». Things are «on» a wall (a picture on the wall), but «in» a wall (a hole in the wall). Maths: area of a wall = length × height; take away windows and doors. Pictures per wall is a rate. A room often hides the number 4. Safety: do not climb on high walls.

## On Mova

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