kine

«kine» in Mova's judaism dictionary: an old word for cows, used as the plural of cow — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (kine), plural only; old use

meaning for a pupil

Kine is an old word for cows, used as the plural of cow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Pharaoh's dream the seven fat and seven lean kine stand for years of plenty and years of famine. In Samuel, milch kine pull the cart that carries the Ark back from the Philistines. Amos calls the rich women of Samaria "kine of Bashan." Interpretation: The tradition sees Joseph's explanation of the dream as a sign that God gives wisdom to interpret what is hidden and to plan ahead. Amos's picture is read as a rebuke of the well-fed who crush the poor. In the primary lessons: a rare old word in folk songs and tales; it names farm animals, as camels and kine do

examples

• And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords: 'Bring, that we may feast.' (Prophets AMO.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them. (Prophets 1SA.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Heavy are the kine in the field. tree →
• The farmer milked the kine every morning. tree →
• Long ago the kine grazed by the river. tree →

note

kine is a plural count of cows; in a problem, count them as cows and say the number.

In the corpora

• (32-16) thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
• And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.
• And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.
• The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

Trees and pragmatics

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