saddle
noun (a saddle, saddles); verb (saddle, saddles, saddled, saddling)
Everyday
- A leather seat put on a horse's back for the rider. tree →
- The seat of a bicycle or motorbike. tree →
- (verb) To put a saddle on a horse. tree →
- (verb) «Saddle someone with» means give them a hard job they don't want. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and safety, adjust your bike saddle to the right height. In stories, cowboys saddle their horses. Phrases: saddle up, in the saddle, saddled with.
Examples
- She put the saddle on her pony. tree →
- Lower your bike saddle so your feet touch the ground. tree →
- The cowboy saddled his horse at dawn. tree →
- Saddle up, we're leaving! tree →
- I got saddled with washing up again. tree →
- The saddle was hard after a long ride. tree →
- "The saddle came from the Prince. tree →
Note
Regular verb: saddled. Saddlebag: a bag on a saddle. «Back in the saddle» means back to doing something again.
In Jewish tradition
In the law of impurity, a saddle that a person with a discharge rides on becomes unclean. In Rachel's story, the saddle of the camel hides the household idols.
Interpretation. The laws of purity show that uncleanness could spread by touch or by sitting on things. Commentators say Rachel's hiding of the teraphim shows how clever she was.
Examples
- And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. (Torah NUM.22.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he spoke to his sons, saying: 'Saddle me the ass.' And they saddled it. (Prophets 1KI.13.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said unto his sons: 'Saddle me the ass.' So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon. (Prophets 1KI.13.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant: 'Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.' (Prophets 2KI.4.24, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Regular verb: saddled. Saddlebag: a bag on a saddle. «Back in the saddle» means back to doing something again.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «saddle» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «saddle» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «saddle» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «saddle» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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