graven

«graven» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: carved — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

carved

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

carved or cut into a hard material, such as stone or metal. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say carved or engraved.

examples

• And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (Torah EXO.32.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (Torah DEU.4.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. (Torah EXO.39.6, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 6; corpora 14 (Torah 12, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.6 (Torah alone 28.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
• So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
• And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
• As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
• Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me.

Trees and pragmatics

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