foal

«foal» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a baby horse, donkey or zebra — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a foal, foals); verb (foal, foals, foaled, foaling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A foal is a baby horse, donkey or zebra. tree →

2) When a mare foals, she gives birth to a foal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a young donkey or camel in Jacob's gifts and blessing. Interpretation: Jacob's gift to Esau was a large peace-offering of animals. Judah's blessing, with a foal tied to the vine, is read as a picture of plenty. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on animals and their young, a foal can stand and walk within hours of birth; on farms and in stories foals frolic in fields. Phrases: «a newborn foal», «the mare and her foal», «in foal» (pregnant).

examples

• thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; (Torah GEN.49.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Prophets ZEC.9.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• The foal stood up on wobbly legs. tree →
• The mare and her foal grazed in the field. tree →
• A foal can walk soon after it is born. tree →
• The zebra foal stayed close to its mother. tree →
• The mare foaled during the night. tree →
• The foal had long, thin legs. tree →
• A young male foal is a colt, and a young female is a filly. tree →
• ‘Dost thou see anything now?’ said the Foal. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced to rhyme with «goal». Related: mare (mother), stallion (father), colt (young male), filly (young female). Do not confuse with «fowl» (birds) or «foul».

In the corpora

• (32-16) thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
• In 2020 a Przewalski's horse foal called Kurt was cloned from cells frozen 40 years earlier.
• A newborn foal can stand and walk within a few hours of birth.
• A foal must walk soon so it can keep up with the herd and run from danger.

Trees and pragmatics

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