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# heavenward

adverb

«heavenward» 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

Moses throws soot up toward the sky, and it becomes boils on the Egyptians. This is the sixth plague.

**Interpretation.** Commentators note that Moses threw a handful of soot from the furnace, and that it spread as fine dust over all Egypt.

### Meaning

Toward the sky or heaven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heavenward/#m1)

### Examples

- And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh. (Torah EXO.9.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heavenward/#x1)
- And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. (Torah EXO.9.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heavenward/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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