buttocks

«buttocks» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The two rounded parts of the body that a person sits on — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The two rounded parts of the body that a person sits on. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In both verses it means a shameful, forced exposure. It is a way of humiliating prisoners and messengers. Interpretation: The shaving of David's envoys is read as a deep insult to his honor, and so it led to war. Isaiah warns that Egypt's proud power will end in public shame.

examples

• So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. (Prophets 2SA.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. (Prophets ISA.20.4, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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