laver
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in the Tabernacle. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The priests washed their hands and feet in the laver before serving at the altar or entering the Tent. Tradition sees this as a lesson in being clean before holy work. In Solomon's Temple there were ten smaller lavers on wheeled bases, each holding forty baths of water.
examples
- And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. (Torah EXO.40.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.31.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. (Torah EXO.30.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; (Writings 2CH.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (Prophets 1KI.7.38, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
- the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
- And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
- And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.
Trees and pragmatics
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