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# blain

noun

«blain» 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

One of the plagues of Egypt, the boils that broke out on people and animals.

**Interpretation.** It is the sixth plague; the rabbis note that Moses threw ashes from the furnace, and the magicians could not stand before him.

### Meaning

A sore swelling on the skin, like a boil or blister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blain/#m1)

### Examples

- And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. (Torah EXO.9.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blain/#x1)
- And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.' (Torah EXO.9.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blain/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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