bladder

«bladder» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a stretchy bag inside the body that stores urine (wee)… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bladder, bladders)

meaning for a pupil

1) The bladder is a stretchy bag inside the body that stores urine (wee) until you go to the toilet. tree →

2) A bladder is any bag inside something that holds air or liquid, like the rubber bag inside a football. tree →

3) A gall bladder is a small organ that stores bile, which helps break down fat. tree →

4) A bladder can also be a loose bag made of skin or rubber, filled with air or water. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah's commentators discuss body organs, including the gall bladder, as parts of the body tied to letters or powers. In the primary lessons: In science lessons about the human body: the kidneys make urine, it flows down tubes into the bladder, and leaves the body when we urinate. In everyday life "a full bladder" means you need the toilet. Some fish have a swim bladder full of air to help them float. Phrases: full bladder, weak bladder, swim bladder, gall bladder.

examples

• The only of the latter four terms found in humans is מָרָה marah ‘gall(bladder), bile’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Postellus then gives, " intestina, vesica, arterise ", the intestines, bladder and arteries; Rittangelius gives the same. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The bladder stores urine until you go to the toilet. tree →
• I drank so much juice that my bladder was full. tree →
• A fish's swim bladder helps it float. tree →
• The old football had a leather case and a rubber bladder. tree →
• The doctor showed us a picture of the kidneys and bladder. tree →
• Grandma has a weak bladder, so we stop often on long trips. tree →

note

Countable: a bladder, bladders. Double d. The bladder is not the stomach (food goes to the stomach; urine goes to the bladder) — a common mix-up.

In the corpora

• Sharks have no swim bladder, so many sink if they stop swimming.
• Fish use a similar trick with a little bag of gas inside them, called a swim bladder.
• Many fish have a swim bladder filled with gas that lets them float at one depth.
• A shark has no swim bladder, so it keeps swimming to stay up, and its light, bendy skeleton helps it.
• Many fish have a swim bladder, a bag of gas that helps them float at the depth they want.

Trees and pragmatics

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