murrain

«murrain» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A deadly disease of cattle and farm animals — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A deadly disease of cattle and farm animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the fifth plague on Egypt, which struck Egyptian livestock and left Israel's animals unharmed. Interpretation: Tradition sees it as a measure-for-measure plague, striking the animals Egypt used and worshipped.

examples

• behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks; there shall be a very grievous murrain. (Torah EXO.9.3, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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