brazen
part of speech
adjective (brazener, brazenest)
meaning for a pupil
1) (old use) Brazen means made of brass, the shiny yellow metal. tree →
2) Brazen means bold and shameless, not caring who sees. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for the "brazen altar" and its fittings. Ezekiel also uses "brazen-faced" for people who are bold and shameless and will not listen. Interpretation: Tradition remembers the "brazen altar" as the outer altar in the courtyard, where animal offerings were burned. Ezekiel's "brazen-faced" people are read as a stubborn people whom God still sends the prophet to warn. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales brazen objects are made of brass; a brazen person is bold and does not hide
examples
- the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.39.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, (Torah NUM.16.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. (Torah EXO.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. (Prophets EZK.9.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the children are brazen-faced and stiff-hearted, I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Solomon offered there, upon the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, he offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it. (Writings 2CH.1.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- A brazen trumpet sounded. tree →
- The brazen bulls breathed fire. tree →
- He told a brazen lie in front of the teacher. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
- And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
Trees and pragmatics
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