jawbone

«jawbone» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The bone of the jaw, especially the lower jaw — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The bone of the jaw, especially the lower jaw. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the story of Samson, he uses the jawbone of a donkey as a weapon to defeat a thousand Philistines. Interpretation: Tradition sees this as a sign that God gave Samson strength to deliver Israel, even with such a simple tool.

examples

• And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. (Prophets JDG.15.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Samson said: With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men. (Prophets JDG.15.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi. (Prophets JDG.15.17, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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