palm
part of speech
noun (a palm, palms); verb (palm, palms, palmed, palming — palm something off)
meaning for a pupil
1) The palm is the inside of your hand, between your wrist and your fingers. tree →
2) A palm, or palm tree, is a tall tree with no branches and a bunch of big leaves at the top; it grows in warm places. tree →
3) To palm something is to hide it in your hand, as a magician does with a coin. tree →
4) To palm something off is to get rid of something unwanted by giving it to someone else. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means the hand's palm, into which the priest pours oil in the cleansing of the leper, and also the palm tree, as in Jericho, "the city of palm-trees". In the Writings the palm tree is a picture of the righteous who flourish and of a beautiful tall figure. In Daniel the palm of a hand appears and writes on the wall. Interpretation: The pouring of oil into the priest's palm is read as part of the rite by which a healed person is brought back into the community. The palm tree of Psalm 92 is read as the righteous who stay fresh and fruitful. The hand that wrote at Belshazzar's feast is read as God's sentence on the king. In the primary lessons: In science it names a part of the hand and a tree of hot, sunny lands (coconut and date palms); in stories palm trees tell the reader the place is a tropical beach or desert oasis. Phrases: «the palm of your hand», «hold in the palm», «know something like the palm of your hand» (know it very well), «palm tree», «palm oil», «sweaty palms» (a sign of being nervous), «read someone's palm».
examples
- And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. (Torah LEV.14.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar. (Torah DEU.34.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. (Torah LEV.14.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Writings PSA.92.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. (Writings SNG.7.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed. (Writings DAN.5.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- She held the baby bird in the palm of her hand. tree →
- My palms get sweaty before a test. tree →
- Coconuts grow on palm trees. tree →
- We sat in the shade of a palm on the beach in Queensland. tree →
- The magician palmed the coin and it seemed to vanish. tree →
- He tried to palm off his old bike on his little brother. tree →
- Wash the palms and the backs of your hands with soap. tree →
- I know this park like the palm of my hand. tree →
- "I flew beneath green palm-trees, and amidst the blooming almond-trees," sang the canary. tree →
note
Plural palms. The «l» is silent in many accents: «pahm». Palm (hand) and palm (tree) are spelt the same but are different meanings. Do not confuse with «pam» or «poem». Palm reading (telling the future from lines on the hand) is not science.
In the corpora
- And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
- And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.
- and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
- And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
- Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «palm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.