straw

«straw» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the dry yellow stalks of plants like wheat, 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 (straw, straws)

meaning for a pupil

1) Straw is the dry yellow stalks of plants like wheat, used for animal beds or to make hats and baskets. tree →

2) A straw is a thin tube for drinking. tree →

3) «The last straw» is the last small problem that makes you lose patience. tree →

4) To draw straws is to choose by picking from straws of different lengths. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Straw is the dry stalks of grain left after harvest, used for animal feed and bricks. In the Prophets and Writings it is a picture of something weak or worthless, as when Job says the crocodile treats iron as straw, and Jeremiah asks what the straw has to do with the wheat. In Isaiah's peaceful future the lion eats straw like the ox. Interpretation: The Egyptians took away the straw needed for making bricks, but the Israelites still had to make the same number. Tradition sees this as one of the cruelest steps in the slavery, which Passover remembers. Jeremiah's picture is read as saying that false dreams are straw but God's word is grain, and Isaiah's lion is read as a sign of peace in the days of the Messiah. In the primary lessons: Maths: drinking straws counted in packs; bales of straw on a farm. Farming: straw for bedding, hay for food. Environment: plastic straws harm sea life; use paper or reusable ones. Stories: the three little pigs built a house of straw.

examples

• Let them go and gather straw for themselves. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.' (Torah GEN.24.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. (Writings JOB.41.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.23.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (Prophets ISA.11.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• A box has 100 straws. tree →
• Each child used 2 straws. tree →
• The farmer has 30 bales of straw. tree →
• She bought 4 packs of 25 straws. tree →
• The first little pig built his house of straw. tree →
• The horse sleeps on a bed of straw. tree →
• Paper straws are better for the ocean than plastic ones. tree →
• We drew straws to see who would go first. tree →
• Soon the straw hut was ready. tree →

note

Countable for drinking straws (a straw, straws); uncountable for the farm material (some straw, a bale of straw). The thing counted, often in packs or bales; «packs of 25» means multiply. Trap: straw (dry stalks for bedding) is not hay (dried grass for food).

In the corpora

• She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'
• 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.
• Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
• Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'
• So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Trees and pragmatics

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