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# foe

noun (plural foes)

«foe» 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

A foe is an enemy, someone who wants to harm or beat you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foe/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales and battles, the people on the other side of a fight; the opposite of a friend

### Examples

- Do not give up friends for foes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foe/#x1)
- They snatched spears and shields from their foes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foe/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says the liver, gall and tongue are three "foes" in the body. Tradition reads this as the body's parts that can act against a person, such as anger and speech. In the primary lessons: in old tales and battles, the people on the other side of a fight; the opposite of a friend

### Examples

- Three foes: the liver and the gall and the tongue. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foe/#x1)
- When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. (Writings PSA.27.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foe/#x2)
- But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly — (Prophets ISA.29.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foe/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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