bowlful

«bowlful» in Mova's judaism dictionary: As much as a bowl can hold — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

As much as a bowl can hold. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the story of Gideon, a bowlful of water wrung from the fleece is a sign from God. Interpretation: Gideon asks for the sign twice, and the dew on the fleece is read as a sign that God would save Israel through him.

examples

• And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. (Prophets JDG.6.38, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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