broom

«broom» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a brush with a long handle for sweeping floors — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a broom, brooms); verb (broom — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) A broom is a brush with a long handle for sweeping floors. tree →

2) Broom is also a wild bush with small yellow flowers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The "broom" is a desert shrub (the retem), not a sweeping brush. Its wood burns very hot, so "coals of broom" means fierce fire. Interpretation: Tradition notes that the broom-tree gave Elijah shelter in his despair, and that the angel fed him there. Its hot coals are a picture of the sharp, burning power of slander in the Psalms. In the primary lessons: In everyday life a broom is used to sweep the floor, the yard or leaves; children help with chores. In stories and at Halloween witches fly on broomsticks. In sport, curling players use brooms to sweep the ice. Phrase: «a new broom sweeps clean» means a new leader makes many changes.

examples

• Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom. (Writings PSA.120.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food. (Writings JOB.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he lay down and slept under a broom-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him: 'Arise and eat.' (Prophets 1KI.19.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Use the broom to sweep up the crumbs. tree →
• The witch flew across the moon on her broom. tree →
• Can you sweep the leaves with the big broom? tree →
• Yellow broom flowers grew on the hillside. tree →
• The broom and dustpan are in the cupboard. tree →
• Curling players sweep the ice with brooms. tree →
• Ya-hip! ya-hip!' And he flourished his broom in triumph." tree →

note

Countable: brooms. «Broomstick» is the handle of a broom, or the whole broom in witch stories. Not «bloom» (a flower), which sounds similar.

In the corpora

• Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.
• They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.
• A tall thing tips over slowly, so a broom is easier to balance on your palm than a pencil.

Trees and pragmatics

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