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# awl

noun (awls)

«awl» 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

An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a craftsman's or animal's tool for piercing leather.

### Examples

- He took an awl and heated it red-hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/#x1)
- Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it is the tool used to pierce the ear of a servant who chooses to stay with his master instead of going free in the seventh year.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the ear is pierced because it heard at Sinai that Israelites are God's servants, yet this man chose a human master. It teaches that freedom is a gift to value.

### Examples

- then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#x1)
- then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. (Torah EXO.21.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/awl/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

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