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# cruse

noun

«cruse» 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

It held water or oil, as with Saul's cruse of water, Elijah's food, and Elisha's salt for the spring.

**Interpretation.** The widow's cruse of oil, which never ran out, shows God's care for the faithful. The salt in a new cruse healing Jericho's water is read as a prophet's miracle.

### Meaning

A small jar or flask for holding water or oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#m1)

### Examples

- And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.' (Prophets 1SA.26.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#x1)
- And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him. (Prophets 2KI.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#x2)
- And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. (Prophets 1KI.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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