pestle

«pestle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (plural pestles)

meaning for a pupil

A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A tool for pounding grain or spices in a mortar. Interpretation: Proverbs says even such pounding will not remove a fool's folly. The tradition reads this as a warning that only wisdom and character change a person. In the primary lessons: in tales a witch rides in a mortar and uses a pestle to steer or to beat people

examples

• Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Grind the herbs with the pestle. tree →
• The witch pushed her mortar along with the pestle. tree →

note

nothing for maths; counting pestles is only counting objects.

In the corpora

• Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Trees and pragmatics

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