tooth

«tooth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: One of the hard white parts in the mouth used to bite and… — 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 (tooth, teeth)

meaning for a pupil

1) One of the hard white parts in the mouth used to bite and chew food. tree →

2) One of the sharp points on a comb, saw, or gear. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Teeth stand for eating, strength or fierce beasts. "Tooth for tooth" is a law of fair payment. In the Psalms, gnashing teeth pictures the anger of enemies. Interpretation: The rabbis read "eye for eye" as money compensation, not literal harm, so that justice is fair and the loss is repaid. In the primary lessons: In science and health, teeth help us eat; children have baby (milk) teeth that fall out and are replaced by adult teeth. Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, floss, and visit the dentist; sugar feeds germs that make holes (cavities). Phrases: brush your teeth, baby tooth, wisdom tooth, sweet tooth (likes sweets), tooth fairy, toothbrush, toothache.

examples

• Round about his teeth is terror. (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (Torah EXO.21.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Torah GEN.49.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth. (Writings PSA.37.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• I lost a tooth today! tree →
• Brush your teeth twice a day. tree →
• A shark has hundreds of teeth. tree →
• Sugar can damage your teeth. tree →
• My tooth hurts, so we will see the dentist. tree →
• The saw has sharp teeth. tree →
• Grandpa has a sweet tooth. tree →
• Children have twenty baby teeth. tree →
• The witch began gnashing her teeth. tree →

note

Irregular plural: one tooth, two teeth (not "tooths"). Children have 20 baby teeth; adults usually have 32. The tooth fairy is a game for children. Enamel, the outside of a tooth, is the hardest part of the body.

In the corpora

• His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
• eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.
• The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.
• Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

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