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# laver

noun

«laver» 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

The priests washed their hands and feet in the laver before serving at the altar or entering the Tent. Tradition sees this as a lesson in being clean before holy work. In Solomon's Temple there were ten smaller lavers on wheeled bases, each holding forty baths of water.

### Meaning

A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in the Tabernacle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#m1)

### Examples

- And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. (Torah EXO.40.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x1)
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.31.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x2)
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. (Torah EXO.30.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x3)
- and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x4)
- He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; (Writings 2CH.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x5)
- And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (Prophets 1KI.7.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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