forefront

«forefront» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The very front part of something, the part that faces… — 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

noun

meaning for a pupil

The very front part of something, the part that faces forward. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for the front of the tent-curtains and the front of the high priest's mitre, where the gold plate was fixed. Interpretation: The gold plate on the mitre front, engraved "Holy to the LORD," is read by tradition as a sign that the high priest's thoughts were to be turned toward God and could atone for the people's offerings.

examples

• And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. (Torah EXO.26.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt put it on a thread of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. (Torah EXO.28.37, JPS 1917) tree →
• And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits. (Prophets EZK.40.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, eastward as also northward. (Prophets EZK.40.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he wrote in the letter, saying: 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.' (Prophets 2SA.11.15, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Trees and pragmatics

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