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# clod

noun (clods)

«clod» 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 lump of earth or soil, often large and hard: a clod of earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clod/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a huge lump of earth; a fall that puts someone on the ground

### Examples

- The boy threw a clod at the bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clod/#x1)
- The field was full of clods of earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clod/#x2)
- He hit the big fellow so hard that he kissed the clod. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clod/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

A lump of earth, used in Job for dry soil and for the grave's earth that covers the dead.

**Interpretation.** The tradition notes that people are made from dust and return to it, so clods are a reminder of death and humility.

### Examples

- When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? (Writings JOB.38.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x1)
- My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. (Writings JOB.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x2)
- The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him. (Writings JOB.21.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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