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flinty

adjective

«flinty» 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

It describes the stony rock from which God gave Israel oil.

Interpretation. Moses' song uses it to show God's care: even the hardest place gave food. Tradition reads it as a wonder of God's gifts in the land.

Meaning

Hard like flint stone. tree →

Examples

  • He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock; (Torah DEU.32.13, JPS 1917) tree →
  • He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. (Writings JOB.28.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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