calamus

«calamus» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (calamus, calamuses)

meaning for a pupil

A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was once used as medicine. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It was one of the spices of the holy anointing oil used in the tent of meeting. Interpretation: The rabbis list calamus among the spices in the anointing oil. They taught that this oil was made only for holy use, and no one was allowed to make it for ordinary purposes. In the primary lessons: in old Uncle Remus tales, a root Brer Fox uses as a cure or a trick; not a word used in ordinary talk

examples

• 'Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, (Torah EXO.30.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Brer Fox dug up a calamus root. tree →
• The calamus smelled sweet in the pond. tree →
• Old healers used its root as medicine. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.
• Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

Trees and pragmatics

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