pottage

«pottage» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A thick soup or stew of vegetables, grain, meat or fish… — 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 (pottages) (old use)

meaning for a pupil

A thick soup or stew of vegetables, grain, meat or fish, cooked in a pot. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jacob cooked a red lentil stew, and Esau sold his birthright for it. The stew is why Esau was called Edom, meaning "red". In Kings, Elisha's followers cook a pottage that becomes poisonous with wild gourds. Haggai also lists pottage among everyday foods. Interpretation: The rabbis said Esau showed he did not value the birthright, since he gave it up for a meal. The lentils are also linked with mourning. Elisha's story is read as a wonder in which the prophet's word made the food safe. In the primary lessons: in old tales, the thick food a cook or a magic mill makes for a feast.

examples

• And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. (Torah GEN.25.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. (Torah GEN.25.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore was his name called Edom. (Torah GEN.25.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said: 'O man of God, there is death in the pot.' And they could not eat thereof. (Prophets 2KI.4.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not. (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917) tree →
• If one bear hallowed flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy?' And the priests answered and said: 'No.' (Prophets HAG.2.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• He gobbled up all the pottage. tree →
• Grind herrings and milk pottage, said the master. tree →
• The cook stirred the pottage all afternoon. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

Trees and pragmatics

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