bulrush

noun (bulrushes)

«bulrush» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds. tree →

In the lessons

a plant at the water's edge where a prince seeks treasure in a tale

Examples

I am seeking the three bulrushes. tree →
He was careful of the third bulrush. tree →
The ducks hid among the bulrushes. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

The baby Moses was laid in a basket made of bulrushes (papyrus reeds) by the River Nile.

Interpretation. The rabbis saw in the little reed basket a sign of God's care. The child who would free Israel was saved by the river that Pharaoh had used for his cruel decree.

Examples

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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