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# bowlful

noun

«bowlful» 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 the story of Gideon, a bowlful of water wrung from the fleece is a sign from God.

**Interpretation.** Gideon asks for the sign twice, and the dew on the fleece is read as a sign that God would save Israel through him.

### Meaning

As much as a bowl can hold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bowlful/#m1)

### Examples

- And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. (Prophets JDG.6.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bowlful/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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