bulrush

«bulrush» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bulrushes)

meaning for a pupil

A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The baby Moses was laid in a basket made of bulrushes (papyrus reeds) by the River Nile. Interpretation: The rabbis saw in the little reed basket a sign of God's care. The child who would free Israel was saved by the river that Pharaoh had used for his cruel decree. In the primary lessons: a plant at the water's edge where a prince seeks treasure in a tale

examples

• And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• I am seeking the three bulrushes. tree →
• He was careful of the third bulrush. tree →
• The ducks hid among the bulrushes. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

Trees and pragmatics

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