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# haft

noun

«haft» 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 is the handle of Ehud's dagger, which went into King Eglon.

### Meaning

The handle of a knife or sword. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/haft/#m1)

### Examples

- And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind. (Prophets JDG.3.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/haft/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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