distil

«distil» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To let fall in tiny drops, or to make something pure by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To let fall in tiny drops, or to make something pure by heating and cooling it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Moses' song it means that his teaching will fall gently like dew. Interpretation: Tradition reads the picture as Torah that refreshes and gives life, like rain on young grass.

examples

• My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour; (Writings JOB.36.27, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

Trees and pragmatics

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