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# gallows

noun (gallows or gallowses) (old use)

«gallows» 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. A gallows is a wooden frame with a beam, used in the past to hang criminals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallows/#m1)
2. The gallows is the punishment of being hanged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallows/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a place of punishment and a threat to a villain

### Examples

- The villain was led to the gallows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallows/#x1)
- The judge sent the thief to the gallows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallows/#x2)
- They built a gallows on the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallows/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Esther it means a very tall wooden frame or stake for hanging a man. Haman built one for Mordecai and was hanged on it himself.

**Interpretation.** Jews read this each year at Purim. The tradition sees it as the evil plan that turned back on the plotter, and Haman's ten sons are also hanged.

### Examples

- So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (Writings EST.7.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gallows/#x1)
- Then said Esther: 'If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.' (Writings EST.9.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gallows/#x2)
- Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew: 'Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. (Writings EST.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gallows/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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