stork

«stork» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long… — 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 stork, storks)

meaning for a pupil

A stork is a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long straight beak, that wades in wet places and eats fish, frogs and insects. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah the stork is a bird listed among those that are unclean and may not be eaten. The prophets and psalms also notice that it nests in fir-trees and that it knows the times of its yearly flying. Interpretation: The Hebrew name chasidah means "the kind one." The rabbis explain that the stork is kind to its own kind but still not a kosher bird. Jeremiah says the stork knows its appointed time while God's people do not know His ordinance, and the tradition reads this as a call to return to God. In the primary lessons: In science lessons about animals and migration, white storks fly long distances between Europe and Africa each year and build huge nests on roofs and chimneys. In old stories and cartoons, a stork is said to bring babies to families; this is a fairy tale, not true.

examples

• and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat. (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. (Writings PSA.104.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's? (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• A stork stood on one leg in the pond. tree →
• Storks build big nests on rooftops. tree →
• The stork caught a frog with its long beak. tree →
• Storks fly south for the winter. tree →
• In the cartoon, a stork carried the baby in a blanket. tree →
• The white stork has black feathers on its wings. tree →
• We saw storks on our holiday in Spain. tree →
• A stork's legs are long and red. tree →

note

Countable: a stork, storks. Myth: storks do not bring babies; it is an old story told to small children. Do not confuse with «stalk» (the stem of a plant) or «stalk» (to follow someone secretly), which sound similar.

In the corpora

• and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
• and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
• Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
• The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?
• Storks come back to the same nest year after year and add new sticks, so old nests grow huge.

Trees and pragmatics

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