mitre

«mitre» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A tall headdress; in the Bible a turban of linen worn by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A tall headdress; in the Bible a turban of linen worn by the high priest. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The mitre is a part of the high priest's holy clothing. A gold plate engraved "Holy to the LORD" is tied to it. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that the mitre brought forgiveness for the sin of pride.

examples

• And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. (Torah EXO.29.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (Torah EXO.39.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I said: 'Let them set a fair mitre upon his head.' So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of the LORD stood by. (Prophets ZEC.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased. (Prophets EZK.21.31, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
• And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Trees and pragmatics

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