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thicket

noun (thicket, thickets)

«thicket» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A small group of bushes or trees growing close together, hard to see through. tree →

In the lessons

in the tales, a place where a small animal hides or comes out

Examples

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

The ram that Abraham found caught in a thicket took Isaac's place as the offering. The prophets and psalms also use thickets of trees for a forest that is cut down with axes, and a place where caravans lodge.

Interpretation. Tradition says this ram was prepared by God from the six days of creation, and its horn is the shofar blown on Rosh Hashanah. Isaiah's picture of the thickets of the forest cut down with iron is read as God bringing down the proud.

Examples

  • And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. (Torah GEN.22.13, JPS 1917) tree →
  • It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees. (Writings PSA.74.5, JPS 1917) tree →
  • In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites. (Prophets ISA.21.13, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. (Prophets ISA.10.34, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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