vault

«vault» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a strong, locked room for keeping money and treasure… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a vault, vaults); verb (vault, vaults, vaulted, vaulting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A vault is a strong, locked room for keeping money and treasure safe, as in a bank. tree →

2) A vault is a room under a church or building, sometimes used for burying people. tree →

3) A vault is an arched roof or ceiling. tree →

4) To vault is to jump over something, pushing off with your hands or with a pole; a vault is that jump. tree →

5) To vault can also mean to jump up onto something, such as a horse, using your hands to push off. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means an underground tomb or burial chamber. Isaiah criticizes people who sit in graves and vaults, which was a pagan practice. Interpretation: Because the dead make a person ritually impure, the tradition reads this as a sharp warning against idol worship and impure rites. In the primary lessons: In PE and gymnastics, pupils vault over a vaulting box or horse; in athletics there is the pole vault. In stories, robbers try to break into a bank vault full of gold. In history, old churches have vaulted ceilings. Phrases: «bank vault», «pole vault», «vault over», «vaulting box».

examples

• That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; (Prophets ISA.65.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The gold was kept in a bank vault. tree →
• She vaulted over the gate. tree →
• In gymnastics, we jumped over the vault. tree →
• The pole vault champion cleared a high bar. tree →
• The church had a high stone vault. tree →
• The robbers could not open the vault. tree →
• He placed his hands on the box and vaulted over. tree →
• Jose thanked him, and vaulting on his horse they rode on to the river. tree →

note

Countable noun; regular verb: vaulted, vaulting. Spelt -ault (the l is pronounced). The «pole vault» uses a long flexible pole. Do not confuse with «fault».

Trees and pragmatics

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