smith

«smith» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who makes and shapes things out of metal… — 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 (a smith, smiths); also a common family name (Smith)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who makes and shapes things out of metal, especially iron (a blacksmith) or gold (a goldsmith). tree →

2) Smith is one of the most common family names in English-speaking countries. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts a smith is a metalworker who makes tools and weapons, and also the skilled craftsmen carried off to exile. Isaiah says God made even the smith. Interpretation: In 1 Samuel the Philistines kept Israel without smiths so Israel could not make weapons. Isaiah reads this as showing that God rules over every craftsman and even over the makers of weapons. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, the village blacksmith made horseshoes, tools and nails at a hot forge. Many surnames come from old jobs, and Smith is the commonest. Other words with "-smith": goldsmith, silversmith, locksmith, wordsmith. Phrases: blacksmith, locksmith, goldsmith.

examples

• Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears'; (Prophets 1SA.13.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. (Prophets ISA.54.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the officers, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem; (Prophets JER.29.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• The smith hammered the hot iron into a horseshoe. tree →
• My best friend's surname is Smith. tree →
• A locksmith helped us when we lost our key. tree →
• The goldsmith made a beautiful ring. tree →
• In the old village, the smith worked next to the inn. tree →
• Jamie Smith is in my class. tree →
• So the smith forged her two iron teeth. tree →

note

Countable: a smith, smiths. As a name it needs a capital S. On its own "smith" is old-fashioned; people usually say "blacksmith" or another -smith word. A "wordsmith" is a person who is good with words.

In the corpora

• Every Granny Smith tree comes from one seedling found in Australia around 1868 by Maria Ann Smith.

Trees and pragmatics

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