horseleech

«horseleech» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A large leech, a worm-like creature that sucks blood — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A large leech, a worm-like creature that sucks blood. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Proverbs the leech's two daughters crying "Give, give" show greed that is never satisfied. Tradition reads it as a warning about endless wanting.

examples

• The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough': (Writings PRO.30.15, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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