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stallion

noun

«stallion» 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

Jeremiah uses lusty horses as a picture of people who cannot control their desires.

Interpretation. The prophet's picture is read as a rebuke of faithless sin, especially unfaithfulness in marriage, which the tradition treats as a serious wrong.

Meaning

A full-grown male horse, kept for breeding. tree →

Examples

  • They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife. (Prophets JER.5.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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