hew

«hew» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To cut or chop wood or stone with a sharp tool or axe — 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

verb (hews, hewing, hewed, hewn or hewed)

meaning for a pupil

1) To cut or chop wood or stone with a sharp tool or axe. tree →

2) (old use) To cut down or chop through with a sword or axe. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God commands that Moses hew a second pair of stone tablets, and that idols and pillars of other nations be cut down. It can also mean to cut to pieces with a sword, as Samuel did to Agag, and the prophet uses it for God cutting down the sea monster Rahab. Interpretation: The rabbis note that Moses cut the second tablets himself, while God made the first. This is read as a sign that human effort is needed to make a covenant last. Isaiah's Rahab is read as a picture of Egypt, defeated at the sea. In the primary lessons: in tales, workers or knights cut down trees or chop through a bridge or gate

examples

• So I made an ark of acacia-wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand. (Torah DEU.10.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. (Torah DEU.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• At that time the LORD said unto me: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto Me into the mount; and make thee an ark of wood. (Torah DEU.10.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. (Prophets 1SA.15.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon? (Prophets ISA.51.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim; (Writings 2CH.14.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• The woodcutter hews the logs for the fire. tree →
• They hewed away at the bridge beams. tree →
• Hew down the bridge quickly! tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
• And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stone.
• And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.
• And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.
• Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?

Trees and pragmatics

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