latchet

«latchet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: An old word for a strap or lace that fastens a shoe or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

An old word for a strap or lace that fastens a shoe or sandal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Abram uses a shoe-latchet as the smallest possible thing to refuse from the king of Sodom. Isaiah uses a broken latchet as a picture of an army so strong and ready that nothing about it fails. Interpretation: Tradition praises Abram for refusing any reward, so that no one could say he was made rich by anyone but God.

examples

• that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken; (Prophets ISA.5.27, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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