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# attestation

noun

«attestation» 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

In Ruth it means the public sign that a deal was settled, which was handing over a shoe.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees the shoe as a sign of the transfer of the right to the land. It was a way to make a deal binding before witnesses.

### Meaning

proof or witness that something is true [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attestation/#m1)

### Examples

- Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the attestation in Israel. — (Writings RUT.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attestation/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «attestation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attestation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attestation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/attestation.html) on Mova free.