joist

«joist» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A beam that runs across a building to support the floor… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A beam that runs across a building to support the floor or ceiling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Kings it refers to the beams of cedar used in Solomon's Temple. Interpretation: Tradition sees the cedar and careful work of the Temple as a sign of the honor due to God's house, especially the Holy of Holies.

examples

• And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place. (Prophets 1KI.6.16, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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