cleave

verb (cleaves, cleaved or cleft, cleaved or cleft, cleaving) (old use)

«cleave» 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

(old use) To split or cut right through something with a heavy blow: cleave the wood with an axe. tree →
To stick firmly to something: cleave to the truth. tree →

In the lessons

in old tales, a heavy blow splits an enemy down to the chest

Examples

The knight cried, «Cleave him to the brisket!» tree →
The axe cleaved the log in two. tree →
In old tales the hero could cleave a rock with one blow. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

in old tales, a heavy blow splits an enemy down to the chest

Examples

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. (Torah DEU.4.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. (Torah GEN.2.24, JPS 1917) tree →
And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel. (Torah GEN.34.3, JPS 1917) tree →
Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917) tree →
I cleave unto Thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame. (Writings PSA.119.31, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «cleave» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«cleave» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «cleave» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«cleave» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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