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# flinty

adjective

«flinty» 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 describes the stony rock from which God gave Israel oil.

**Interpretation.** Moses' song uses it to show God's care: even the hardest place gave food. Tradition reads it as a wonder of God's gifts in the land.

### Meaning

Hard like flint stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flinty/#m1)

### Examples

- He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock; (Torah DEU.32.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flinty/#x1)
- He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. (Writings JOB.28.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flinty/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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