spittle

«spittle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The wet liquid in the mouth; spit — 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

meaning for a pupil

The wet liquid in the mouth; spit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job it means swallowing, a way of asking for even a moment of rest. David lets it run down his beard to pretend to be mad. Interpretation: The story of David acting mad before the king of Gath is read as a clever way to escape danger, with God saving him.

examples

• How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? (Writings JOB.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. (Prophets 1SA.21.14, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Trees and pragmatics

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