spicery

«spicery» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Spices, or a mixture of sweet-smelling plant goods that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Spices, or a mixture of sweet-smelling plant goods that were traded. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The traders who bought Joseph were carrying spices to Egypt. Tradition sees God's plan working even through a trading caravan.

examples

• And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt. (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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