distil

verb

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

In Jewish tradition

In Moses' song it means that his teaching will fall gently like dew.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the picture as Torah that refreshes and gives life, like rain on young grass.

To let fall in tiny drops, or to make something pure by heating and cooling it. tree →

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917) tree →
For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour; (Writings JOB.36.27, JPS 1917) tree →

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