sodden
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
Cooked by boiling, or soaked through with water. Here it is an old form of "boiled". tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Boiled in water, an old past form of "seethe". The Passover lamb may not be boiled but only roasted, and pots used for sacrifices had to be broken or scoured so no holy food stayed in them. In Lamentations women boiled their own children in the terrible hunger when Jerusalem was destroyed, and in Samuel the priest's servant demanded raw meat to roast, not boiled. Interpretation: The rule about roasting the Passover lamb is read as a sign of haste and freedom, and the rules about vessels show how seriously holiness and cleanliness are treated. Lamentations is read as showing the horror of the siege, and the story in Samuel shows how Eli's sons' servants broke the rules for sacrifices.
examples
- Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. (Torah LEV.6.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- The hands of women full of compassion have sodden their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. (Writings LAM.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.' (Prophets 1SA.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
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Trees and pragmatics
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