coffin

«coffin» in Mova's judaism dictionary: buried or cremated — 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 coffin, coffins)

meaning for a pupil

1) A long box in which a dead person is buried or cremated. tree →

2) (idiom) A nail in the coffin: something that helps to end or ruin something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Genesis, a coffin is the chest in which Joseph was embalmed and laid in Egypt. Interpretation: The tradition says Joseph's bones were carried out of Egypt at the Exodus, as he had made Israel swear. This kept the promise that God would bring them back to the land. In the primary lessons: In everyday life coffins are part of funerals; in history lessons Egyptian coffins (sarcophagi) and mummies appear; in spooky stories vampires sleep in coffins. Phrases: a nail in the coffin, carry the coffin, open coffin.

examples

• And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• The coffin was carried into the church. tree →
• Egyptian mummies were placed in painted coffins. tree →
• In the story, the vampire climbed out of his coffin. tree →
• (idiom) Losing their best player was the final nail in the coffin for the team. tree →
• The family put flowers on the coffin. tree →
• Grandad's coffin was made of oak. tree →
• Says the father-in-law from his coffin: tree →

note

Countable. US also says "casket". Death and funerals can be sad topics; speak gently. "Nail in the coffin" is an idiom, not about real coffins.

In the corpora

• And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
• Picture a small church in Wellington: at the front stands a long wooden box covered in flowers, the coffin.
• At a Christian funeral the person's body is in the coffin; the body has stopped working and cannot feel anything.
• Pallbearers carry the coffin; they may be family, friends or people who work for the funeral director.
• In a burial the coffin is lowered into a grave in a cemetery or churchyard.

Trees and pragmatics

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