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# jawbone

noun

«jawbone» 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

In the story of Samson, he uses the jawbone of a donkey as a weapon to defeat a thousand Philistines.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees this as a sign that God gave Samson strength to deliver Israel, even with such a simple tool.

### Meaning

The bone of the jaw, especially the lower jaw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jawbone/#m1)

### Examples

- And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. (Prophets JDG.15.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jawbone/#x1)
- And Samson said: With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men. (Prophets JDG.15.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jawbone/#x2)
- And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi. (Prophets JDG.15.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jawbone/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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