coffer

«coffer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural coffers)

meaning for a pupil

A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A box or chest, here the small box the Philistines used to send gold gifts back with the Ark. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as the Philistines' offering to honor the God of Israel after the plague, when they returned the Ark. In the primary lessons: in tales a coffer holds treasure, and the hero is told not to open it until he is home.

examples

• And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. (Prophets 1SA.6.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• The pirates lifted the heavy coffer onto the cart. tree →
• Mum keeps the family's old letters in a wooden coffer. tree →
• Don't open the coffer until you get home. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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