hanging

Everyday

1. A hanging is a cloth such as a curtain or tapestry hung on a wall for decoration. tree →
2. Hanging means being fixed up high with the bottom free, as coats hang on hooks. tree →

In the lessons

in palaces of tales, the rich cloths hung on the walls; «behind the hangings» means behind the curtains

Examples

• Golden hangings covered the walls. tree →
• She hid behind the hangings. tree →
• Coats were hanging on the hooks. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Means the curtains of the court of the Tabernacle, made of fine linen and hung on pillars with sockets. In the Prophets it is also the verb for something hung up, such as Absalom caught in a tree, men hanged on trees, or hanging work on the Temple stands.

Interpretation. Tradition sees the Tabernacle's careful measurements as a model of holy order, and later of the Temple.

Examples

• All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. (Torah EXO.38.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. (Torah EXO.27.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. (Torah EXO.38.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.' (Prophets 2SA.18.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. (Prophets JOS.10.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• and on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. (Prophets 1KI.7.29, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths