spear

«spear» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a spear, spears); verb (spear, spears, speared, spearing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for throwing or stabbing, especially for hunting or fishing. tree →

2) A long thin pointed shoot of a plant, such as a spear of asparagus. tree →

3) To push something pointed into something, such as spearing food with a fork. tree →

4) To catch or hunt with a spear. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A spear is a weapon for fighting. The Torah tells of Phinehas taking one, Job describes a warhorse before the glittering spear, and King Rehoboam put spears in his cities' storehouses. Interpretation: Phinehas took a spear to stop a plague among the Israelites. Tradition remembers his zeal and says God gave him a covenant of peace. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, early humans and many peoples hunted and fished with spears. In everyday life «to spear a chip with your fork» means to stab food to pick it up. In cooking, asparagus comes in spears. Phrases: «throw a spear», «spear fishing», «asparagus spears», «spear a piece».

examples

• And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. (Torah NUM.25.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. (Writings JOB.39.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. (Writings 2CH.11.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• The hunters made spears from wood and sharp stones. tree →
• He threw the spear as far as he could. tree →
• She speared a sausage with her fork. tree →
• We had asparagus spears with dinner. tree →
• Some people go spear fishing near the reef. tree →
• The warrior's spear had a bronze tip. tree →
• The heron speared a fish with its sharp beak. tree →
• In the museum we saw a spear used thousands of years ago. tree →
• They snatched spears and shields from their foes. tree →

note

Plural «spears». «Spear» rhymes with «near». A javelin is a light spear thrown in sport. Do not confuse «spear» with «sphere» (a ball shape). Sharp sticks and spears are dangerous; only use them with an adult.

In the corpora

• They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
• And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'
• And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
• Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'
• The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

Trees and pragmatics

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