clod

Everyday

A lump of earth or soil, often large and hard: a clod of earth. tree →

In the lessons

in stories, a huge lump of earth; a fall that puts someone on the ground

Examples

• The boy threw a clod at the bird. tree →
• The field was full of clods of earth. tree →
• He hit the big fellow so hard that he kissed the clod. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

A lump of earth, used in Job for dry soil and for the grave's earth that covers the dead.

Interpretation. The tradition notes that people are made from dust and return to it, so clods are a reminder of death and humility.

Examples

• When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? (Writings JOB.38.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. (Writings JOB.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him. (Writings JOB.21.33, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths