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# inlaid

adjective (inlaid); past form of the verb inlay (inlay, inlays, inlaid, inlaying)

«inlaid» 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

Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the surface, so that they show, such as gold or pearl set into wood or ivory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#m1)

### In the lessons

palaces, thrones and chests decorated with gold, pearls or gems

### Examples

- The box was inlaid with gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#x1)
- The throne had gems inlaid in its arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#x2)
- The ivory table was inlaid with pearl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means decorated by setting in other materials like ivory or love, as with ships and Solomon's carriage.

**Interpretation.** Tradition often reads the carriage in the Song of Songs as a picture of God's love for Israel and His dwelling among them.

### Examples

- Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, from the isles of the Kittites. (Prophets EZK.27.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inlaid/#x1)
- He made the pillars thereof of silver, the top thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, the inside thereof being inlaid with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem. (Writings SNG.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inlaid/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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