flay

«flay» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to strip the skin off it — 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 (flays, flayed, flaying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To flay an animal is to strip the skin off it. tree →

2) (old use, cruel) To flay a person is to punish them by stripping off their skin. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The priest or offerer skinned the burnt-offering before cutting it into pieces for the altar. Interpretation: The law says the hide of a burnt-offering goes to the priest. The careful steps show that sacrifice was done in a set order. In the primary lessons: in old tales, a cruel punishment, or the work of skinning a calf after it is killed

examples

• And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests dashed the blood, which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them. (Writings 2CH.35.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. (Prophets MIC.3.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let him be flayed alive, or burnt at a slow fire. tree →
• What you smell so must be the calf which I have just now killed and flayed. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.

Trees and pragmatics

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