hemlock

noun (hemlocks)

«hemlock» 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

Hemlock is a tall wild plant with small white flowers, and it is very poisonous. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales, hemlock can be a poison, or a magic plant that grows out of a person

Examples

Never touch hemlock; it is deadly. tree →
Scarcely had she spoken when a golden hemlock sprang up from her. tree →
The witch brewed a drink of hemlock. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Hosea uses a bitter, poisonous plant to picture justice turned sour by false oaths. The tradition reads it as a warning that broken promises poison society. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, hemlock can be a poison, or a magic plant that grows out of a person

Examples

They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. (Prophets HOS.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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

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