spittle
noun
In Jewish tradition
In Job it means swallowing, a way of asking for even a moment of rest. David lets it run down his beard to pretend to be mad.
Interpretation. The story of David acting mad before the king of Gath is read as a clever way to escape danger, with God saving him.
Meaning
The wet liquid in the mouth; spit. tree →
Examples
- How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? (Writings JOB.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. (Prophets 1SA.21.14, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «spittle» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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