cruse

«cruse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A small jar or flask for holding water or oil — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A small jar or flask for holding water or oil. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It held water or oil, as with Saul's cruse of water, Elijah's food, and Elisha's salt for the spring. Interpretation: The widow's cruse of oil, which never ran out, shows God's care for the faithful. The salt in a new cruse healing Jericho's water is read as a prophet's miracle.

examples

• And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.' (Prophets 1SA.26.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him. (Prophets 2KI.2.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. (Prophets 1KI.19.6, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'
• And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.

Trees and pragmatics

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