chamber

«chamber» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A room, especially a large one used for a special purpose… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a chamber, chambers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A room, especially a large one used for a special purpose (council chamber). tree →

2) (old) A bedroom or private room. tree →

3) A closed space inside the body, a machine or a plant (the heart has four chambers). tree →

4) A group of lawmakers, such as one house of a parliament. tree →

5) Chambers (UK): a judge's or lawyers' offices. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An inner room, such as a private room or bedroom. In the Bible it can also mean a tent, an upper room of the Temple, or a room in a king's palace. In the primary lessons: In science: the chambers of the heart, a cave chamber, a combustion chamber. In history and stories: the king's chamber, a secret chamber. In civics: the upper and lower chambers of parliament. Phrases: chamber music (for a small group), echo chamber.

examples

• Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Torah GEN.43.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. (Torah NUM.25.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. (Writings 2CH.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings. (Writings PSA.105.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• The heart has four chambers. tree →
• Explorers found a hidden chamber in the pyramid. tree →
• The queen rested in her chamber. tree →
• The council meets in the town chamber. tree →
• Chamber music is played by a small group. tree →
• The cave opened into a huge chamber. tree →
• And he followed Luned to the chamber of her mistress. tree →

note

Pronounced CHAME-ber (rhymes with «danger»). Plural: chambers. «Chamber pot» is an old pot for a toilet at night.

In the corpora

• And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber.
• Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.
• Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber.
• And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
• And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber and lay there.

Trees and pragmatics

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