blemish

«blemish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A flaw, mark or fault that spoils how something looks or is — 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

meaning for a pupil

A flaw, mark or fault that spoils how something looks or is. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A physical flaw that makes an animal unfit for an offering or a priest unfit to serve; also a moral fault. Interpretation: Offerings had to be perfect, and the rabbis list many blemishes; the idea teaches giving God one's best.

examples

• No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse. (Torah DEU.32.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. (Prophets EZK.43.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be in the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; (Prophets EZK.46.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; morning by morning shalt thou prepare it. (Prophets EZK.46.13, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
• But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not bring; for it shall not be acceptable for you.
• And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
• And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
• And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;

Trees and pragmatics

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