firstling

«firstling» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: first-born animal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

first-born animal

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

the first young animal born to a flock or herd, often given to God. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say the first-born animal or first-born lamb.

examples

• And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. (Torah GEN.4.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• All that openeth the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep. (Torah EXO.34.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 13 (Torah 13, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.5 (Torah alone 30.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «firstling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.