hallow
part of speech
verb
meaning for a pupil
To make holy, to set apart as holy, or to treat as holy. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for setting apart God's name, the sabbaths, the altar, and the people. God says "I am the LORD who hallow you." Interpretation: Tradition links this to sanctifying God's name (kiddush hashem) by living rightly, and to Shabbat being made holy by God and by the people keeping it.
examples
- And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you, (Torah LEV.22.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- and hallow My sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. (Prophets EZK.20.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel. (Torah LEV.16.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers; (Prophets JER.17.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to Mine ordinances shall they judge it; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed seasons, and they shall hallow My sabbaths. (Prophets EZK.44.24, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
- The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street.
- And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hallow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.