graven

«graven» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Carved or cut into stone, wood or metal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Carved or cut into stone, wood or metal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It describes the tablets of the Ten Commandments, engraved by God, and the forbidden carved idol, a graven image. Interpretation: The rabbis read this word as a pun on freedom: do not read charut, graven, but cherut, freedom. They also taught that the second commandment forbids making idols to worship.

examples

• And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (Torah EXO.32.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (Torah DEU.4.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. (Torah EXO.39.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! (Writings JOB.19.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images. (Writings PSA.78.58, JPS 1917) tree →
• Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me. (Prophets ISA.49.16, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
• So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
• And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
• As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
• Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me.

Trees and pragmatics

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