plowshare

noun

«plowshare» 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

Joel calls on nations to turn plowshares into swords for war; Isaiah and Micah reverse it into peace. Samuel notes the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to sharpen theirs.

Interpretation. The reversed saying, swords into plowshares, is a famous Jewish vision of a time when nations will no longer learn war.

Meaning

The blade of a plow that cuts the soil. tree →

Examples

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.' (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. (Prophets 1SA.13.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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