cow

«cow» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a big farm animal that gives milk and says «moo» — 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 (cow, cows); verb (cow — to frighten, rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cow is a big farm animal that gives milk and says «moo». tree →

2) A cow is the female of cattle; the male is a bull and the baby is a calf. tree →

3) Female elephants and whales are also called cows. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: A cow is one of the clean animals allowed for food and for offerings. The law forbids killing a cow and its calf on the same day, which tradition reads as a lesson in kindness to animals. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted on a farm, with legs (4 each), milk in liters or gallons, and food to eat (a rate per cow); science: cows eat grass and chew the cud; mammals feed milk to their young; everyday life: milk, cheese and butter come from cows; stories: farms, nursery rhymes

examples

• And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day. (Torah LEV.22.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. (Writings JOB.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep; (Prophets ISA.7.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then He said unto me: 'See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.' (Prophets EZK.4.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• The farmer has 12 cows. tree →
• Each cow gives 8 liters of milk a day. tree →
• How many legs do 5 cows have? tree →
• There are 3 more cows than horses. tree →
• The cow says moo. tree →
• The cow and her calf stood in the field. tree →
• Cows eat grass all day. tree →
• We get milk from cows. tree →
• ‘What! haven’t you got a cow?’ tree →

note

Thing counted; often with a rate per cow (milk, food). Trap: legs problems need 4 per cow but 2 per chicken. Plural: cows (old word: cattle for a herd).

In the corpora

• And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
• And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep;
• Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
• A cow wraps its long rough tongue round grass because it has no top front teeth, only a hard pad.
• A cow's stomach has four parts, and it chews its food twice, bringing it back up as cud.

Trees and pragmatics

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