quiver

«quiver» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To shake slightly and quickly: «Her lip quivered.» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (quiver, quivers, quivered, quivering); noun (a quiver, quivers)

meaning for a pupil

1) To shake slightly and quickly: «Her lip quivered.» tree →

2) (noun) A slight trembling movement or sound. tree →

3) (noun) A case for carrying arrows, worn on the back or hip. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A case for carrying arrows; Isaac's son Esau is told to take his quiver and bow to hunt game. In the primary lessons: In stories, quivering shows fear, cold or strong feeling (a quivering lip before crying, quivering whiskers). In history lessons, archers such as Robin Hood carried arrows in a quiver. In science, a plucked string quivers to make sound.

examples

• Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; (Torah GEN.27.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. (Writings JOB.39.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. (Prophets JER.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins. (Writings LAM.3.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Her lip quivered as she tried not to cry. tree →
• The Mole's whiskers quivered with excitement. tree →
• Robin Hood pulled an arrow from his quiver. tree →
• The leaves quivered in the breeze. tree →
• A quiver of fear ran down his back. tree →
• The plucked string quivered and hummed. tree →
• Across his back dangled a long fringed quiver. tree →

note

Regular verb: quivered. Similar: tremble, shiver, shudder. The arrow case is also a quiver: «a quiver of arrows».

In the corpora

• And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
• Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
• The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
• He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.

Trees and pragmatics

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