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# fillet

noun

«fillet» 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

In the Tabernacle the fillets were silver bands that joined the tops of the court's pillars.

**Interpretation.** The silver of the Tabernacle came from the half-shekel that each person gave, so the rabbis saw every Israelite as holding up the sanctuary.

### Meaning

A thin band or strip, often used to bind or decorate something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fillet/#m1)

### Examples

- Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. (Torah EXO.38.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fillet/#x1)
- All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. (Torah EXO.27.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fillet/#x2)
- And the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. (Torah EXO.27.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fillet/#x3)
- In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents; (Prophets ISA.3.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fillet/#x4)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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