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# wherewithal

noun (no plural)

«wherewithal» 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. The wherewithal is the money or means needed to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wherewithal/#m1)
2. (old use) The wherewithal is the things needed for a task, such as food for a feast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wherewithal/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a person has the wherewithal to bury someone or to hold a feast for friends

### Examples

- He had the wherewithal to treat his friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wherewithal/#x1)
- I have no wherewithal to buy a boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wherewithal/#x2)
- They lacked the wherewithal for the long journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wherewithal/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names money or means, but it does not change a count

## In Jewish tradition

In this old use the word means "by what means" and begins a question. It is not the modern noun.

**Interpretation.** The verse is read as asking how a young person can stay pure, and the answer is by keeping God's word.

### Examples

- Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure? (Writings PSA.119.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wherewithal/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names money or means, but it does not change a count

## On Mova

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