mouth

«mouth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (mouth, mouths); verb (mouth, mouths, mouthed — say silently)

meaning for a pupil

1) The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and breathing. tree →

2) An opening or entrance: "the mouth of a cave". tree →

3) The place where a river flows into the sea: "the river mouth". tree →

4) As a verb, to make the shape of words with your lips without sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: God says he will be "with the mouth" of Moses, who felt he spoke poorly. Tradition teaches that speech is a powerful gift, and the Written Torah and the Oral Torah are said to come "from the mouth" of God. In the primary lessons: In science, digestion begins in the mouth: teeth chew and saliva softens food. In health: brush teeth, don't put small objects or unknown things in your mouth; cover your mouth when you cough. In geography, a river's mouth is where it ends. Phrases: mouth-watering, word of mouth, keep your mouth shut, big mouth.

examples

• And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' (Torah GEN.24.57, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.' (Torah EXO.4.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Set the horn to thy mouth. (Prophets HOS.8.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• I lay my hand upon my mouth. (Writings JOB.40.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. (Writings JOB.3.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Open your mouth wide. tree →
• Don't talk with your mouth full. tree →
• Cover your mouth when you cough. tree →
• Never put coins in your mouth. tree →
• The river mouth is near the town. tree →
• Bats came out of the mouth of the cave. tree →
• The cake looked mouth-watering. tree →
• She mouthed "thank you" across the room. tree →
• Don’t open your mouth to answer. tree →

note

Plural "mouths". Digestion begins in the mouth. A river's "mouth" is its end, not its start (the start is the "source").

In the corpora

• And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
• And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'
• And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.
• Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.'
• And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

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