sepulchre
noun (sepulchre, sepulchres) (old use, in fairy tales)
Everyday
A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body. tree →
In the lessons
in old tales, a hidden tomb, often with a secret door or trap-door, where a dead person lies
Examples
- The knight dug beside the old sepulchre. tree →
- Inside the sepulchre lay a stone box. tree →
- Beneath the sepulchre he found a trap-door. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
Used for the grave where the dead are buried, such as Sarah's burial place in Hebron.
Interpretation. Moses's burial place is unknown "unto this day," and tradition says it was hidden so that it would not become a shrine.
Examples
- And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. (Torah DEU.34.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.' (Torah GEN.23.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. (Prophets JER.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. (Prophets 2SA.2.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. (Prophets 2KI.21.26, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «sepulchre» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «sepulchre» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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