lamb
part of speech
noun (lamb, lambs); verb (lamb, lambs, lambed, lambing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A lamb is a young sheep. tree →
2) Lamb is the meat of a young sheep. tree →
3) A lamb is a gentle, kind person, often a child: «you're a lamb». tree →
4) To lamb is for a sheep to give birth. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A young sheep was the usual animal for offerings. Lambs were offered daily and on festivals, and had to be without blemish. The prophets and writings also show lambs as ordinary farm animals, and as a picture of helpless people led to slaughter. Interpretation: The Passover lamb recalls the night in Egypt when God passed over Israelite houses. Two lambs were offered every day, one in the morning and one at twilight. In Nathan's story to David, the poor man's lamb is read as a parable of Uriah, and the lamb's fourfold repayment as David's own judgment on himself. In the primary lessons: a young animal counted on a farm; sheep and lambs may be added together; in science: lambs are mammals, born in spring, they drink their mother's milk, a lamb grows into a sheep; in stories and rhymes: «Mary had a little lamb»; phrases: «like a lamb» (quietly, gently), «lambing season»
examples
- And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.29.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. (Prophets JER.51.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field. (Writings PRO.27.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.' (Prophets 2SA.12.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The farm has 20 sheep and 9 lambs. tree →
- Each sheep had 2 lambs. tree →
- 5 lambs were born this week. tree →
- How many legs do 6 lambs have? tree →
- Lambs are born in spring. tree →
- Mary had a little lamb. tree →
- The lamb drank milk from its mother. tree →
- We had roast lamb for Sunday lunch. tree →
- He went to bed as gentle as a lamb. tree →
- "Baa!" there he stood like a baa-lamb. tree →
note
A counted animal; «each sheep had 2 lambs» is a rate. Trap: lambs have 4 legs each (6 lambs → 24 legs). Silent b: «lamb» sounds like «lam». A sheep and its lambs added: all animals = sheep + lambs.
In the corpora
- And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
- And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
- Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
- The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at dusk.
- If he bring a lamb for his offering, then shall he present it before the LORD.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lamb» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.