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# emerald

noun (an emerald, emeralds; emerald — the colour); adjective (emerald)

«emerald» 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. An emerald is a bright green precious stone used in jewellery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#m1)
2. Emerald is a bright, rich green colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#m2)
3. The Emerald Isle is a nickname for Ireland, because of its green fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#m3)
4. Emerald City is the name of a famous imaginary city in the story of The Wizard of Oz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories, treasure, crowns and rings; in art and description, colours; in geography, Ireland's nickname; in science, gems and crystals; in The Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City.

### Examples

- The queen's ring had a huge emerald. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#x1)
- The sea was a sparkling emerald green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#x2)
- Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#x3)
- Dorothy followed the road to the Emerald City. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#x4)
- Emeralds are mined in Colombia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#x5)
- “That must be the Emerald City,” said Dorothy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emerald/#x6)

### Note

Countable as a stone, uncountable as a colour. Uses «an emerald». It is the birthstone for May.

## In Jewish tradition

The emerald is the third stone in the second row of the high priest's breastplate. Each of the twelve stones stood for one tribe of Israel.

**Interpretation.** Tradition links each stone to a tribe, and many sources match the emerald to Judah (some say Levi). The breastplate reminded the priest to carry Israel before God.

### Examples

- and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x1)
- And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald. (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x2)

### Note

Countable as a stone, uncountable as a colour. Uses «an emerald». It is the birthstone for May.

## On Mova

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