tabernacles
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
Plural of tabernacle; here it means huts or booths, as in the festival Sukkot. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The "feast of tabernacles" is Sukkot, a seven-day harvest festival in autumn when Israelites lived in booths. Interpretation: Jews build a sukkah and eat there to recall the shelters of the desert years and God's protection. It is called the season of joy.
examples
- Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress. (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.23.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, (Torah DEU.31.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! (Writings PSA.84.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. (Prophets ZEC.14.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; (Writings EZR.3.4, JPS 1917) tree →
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