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# esophagus

noun

«esophagus» 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

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah lists it among the twelve organs of the body, matched with the twelve months and the twelve signs of the zodiac.

### Meaning

The tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach; the gullet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/esophagus/#m1)

### Examples

- The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet \[39\] or esophagus, stomach and milt. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/esophagus/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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