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# embalm

verb (embalm, embalms, embalmed, embalming); noun embalming, embalmer

«embalm» 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

1. To embalm a dead body is to treat it with special chemicals or salts so it does not rot quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#m1)
2. In ancient Egypt, embalming was part of making a mummy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#m2)

### In the lessons

History lessons on ancient Egypt (mummies, canopic jars, natron salt). In modern life, funeral directors may embalm a body before a funeral. A serious, respectful word. Phrases: embalm the body, embalming fluid.

### Examples

- The ancient Egyptians embalmed their kings and queens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x1)
- Embalming a pharaoh took about seventy days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x2)
- They used natron salt to dry out the body before embalming it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x3)
- The museum showed tools used to embalm mummies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x4)
- Some families choose to have a loved one embalmed before the funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x5)
- The embalmers wrapped the body in linen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x6)
- He is wrapped in yellow linen, and embalmed with spices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embalm/#x7)

### Note

The l is silent in most accents: «em-BAHM» (like palm, calm). A respectful topic: speak about it calmly. Do not mix up with «embark» or «balm» (a soothing cream), though they share a root.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Joseph had Jacob embalmed in Egypt, the Egyptian way of keeping a body, so he could be carried back to Canaan to be buried. Jewish law later does not embalm, since the body should return to the earth. In the primary lessons: History lessons on ancient Egypt (mummies, canopic jars, natron salt). In modern life, funeral directors may embalm a body before a funeral. A serious, respectful word. Phrases: embalm the body, embalming fluid.

### Examples

- And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. (Torah GEN.50.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/embalm/#x1)
- And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/embalm/#x2)
- And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. (Torah GEN.50.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/embalm/#x3)

### Note

The l is silent in most accents: «em-BAHM» (like palm, calm). A respectful topic: speak about it calmly. Do not mix up with «embark» or «balm» (a soothing cream), though they share a root.

## On Mova

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