seethe

In Jewish tradition

Used in the law "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk," and for cooking the priests' sacred meat.

Interpretation. The rabbis read the kid and milk law as the basis for keeping meat and dairy apart. Kosher homes use separate dishes for each. In the primary lessons: in the tales, a cauldron seethes over the fire; a person may seethe inside with anger

Meaning

1. To boil or bubble hard, like a pot of hot liquid. tree →
2. To be very angry inside, while showing little of it. tree →

Examples

• Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.' (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it. (Prophets EZK.24.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The soup seethes in the pot. tree →
• The cauldron seethed over the fire. tree →
• He was seething inside, though he said nothing. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

To cook something by boiling it in liquid. tree →

Then and now

Today seethe mostly means to be very angry or to bubble with strong feeling. The sentences use the old sense of boiling food.

Examples

• Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.' (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: boil.