censor

«censor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A spelling variant of "censer", a pan for burning incense — 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

meaning for a pupil

A spelling variant of "censer", a pan for burning incense. Today "censor" means a person who removes things that are thought improper. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it is a firepan for incense, the same as "censer". Korah and his company are told to take censers to test who is chosen to serve. Interpretation: Korah's challenge to Aaron's priesthood is settled by the incense test. The rebels' censers were afterwards hammered into a covering for the altar as a warning.

examples

• This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company; (Torah NUM.16.6, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company;

Trees and pragmatics

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