savour

«savour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The taste or smell of something, especially good food — 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 (savours); verb (savour, savours, savoured, savouring)

meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) The taste or smell of something, especially good food. tree →

2) (verb) To enjoy something slowly, taking time over every bit of it. tree →

3) (old use) To savour of something is to have a hint or sign of it: «savours of treason» means smells of treason. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the offering laws a "sweet savour unto the LORD" is the pleasing smell of an offering burned on the altar. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as God's pleasure in an offering made rightly and with a sincere heart, not in the smoke itself. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales «the savour of the world» means all its feel and taste; «savours of» means has the look or feel of something, often something bad

examples

• and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. (Torah NUM.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• It is a continual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Torah NUM.28.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• but ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; (Torah NUM.28.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows? (Writings JOB.6.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. (Writings EZR.6.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour, and thus it was; saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.16.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• There is more savour in the fruit. tree →
• I stood breathing all the savour of the world. tree →
• Savour every bite of the cake. tree →
• This plan savours of treason. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?

Trees and pragmatics

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