stave
part of speech
noun (a stave, staves); verb (stave, staves, staved or stove, staving; stave off, staved off)
meaning for a pupil
1) (music, UK) A stave is the set of five lines on which music notes are written (US: staff). tree →
2) A stave is one of the curved wooden strips that make the sides of a barrel or a wooden bucket. tree →
3) A stave is also a strong stick or pole. tree →
4) (verb) To stave off something means to stop it happening for a while: "We ate apples to stave off hunger." tree →
5) (verb) To stave in means to break a hole in something by hitting it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Exodus it means a long pole of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, used to carry the ark, the table and the altar. In Kings the staves of the ark are still in the Temple. In the Prophets it also means a shepherd's stick, as with Zechariah's two staves, and in Samuel it is the sticks Goliath thinks David has. Interpretation: The staves of the ark were never to be removed, so it was always ready to be carried. Tradition sees the poles as a sign that Torah must always be ready to travel with Israel. Zechariah's two staves, Graciousness and Binders, are read as signs of God's kindness and of the unity of Israel and Judah. In the primary lessons: In music lessons pupils write notes on the stave with the treble clef. In history lessons coopers made barrels from staves. In stories and everyday speech, "stave off" is used for hunger, boredom, illness or danger. Phrases: "stave off", "treble stave", "bass stave", "stave in".
examples
- And he made staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold. (Torah EXO.37.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold. (Torah EXO.25.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.35.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Graciousness, and the other I called Binders; and I fed the flock. (Prophets ZEC.11.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. (Prophets 1KI.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the Philistine said unto David: 'Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?' And the Philistine cursed David by his god. (Prophets 1SA.17.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- Draw a treble clef at the start of the stave. tree →
- The note sits on the second line of the stave. tree →
- The cooper bent the wooden staves to make a barrel. tree →
- We ate a snack to stave off hunger before the match. tree →
- The team staved off defeat with a late goal. tree →
- The waves staved in the side of the boat. tree →
- The old shepherd leaned on his stave. tree →
- Then they beat their staves against the ground one against the other, as if there had been a hundred sheep between them. tree →
note
Plural: staves (also the plural of "staff" in the old sense of stick). "Stave off" past: staved off. "Staff" is the US word for the music stave. "Stove in" is an old past form used for ships.
In the corpora
- And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
- And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark.
- The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
- Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.
- And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with brass.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stave» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.