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# limb

noun (limb, limbs)

«limb» 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

1. A limb is an arm or a leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#m1)
2. A limb is a large branch of a tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#m2)
3. «Out on a limb» means alone, with an idea others do not support. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons humans have four limbs (two arms and two legs); animals use limbs to walk, swim, fly or climb; some animals like lizards and starfish can regrow lost limbs. In safety lessons do not climb on weak tree limbs. In stories a character trembles in every limb. Phrases: arms and limbs, lose a limb, artificial limb, out on a limb, risk life and limb.

### Examples

- Humans have four limbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x1)
- A starfish can grow back a lost limb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x2)
- Don't climb on that dead limb of the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x3)
- He has an artificial limb after an accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x4)
- The storm broke a limb off the oak tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x5)
- My limbs ached after swimming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x6)
- She went out on a limb to help him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x7)
- My broken limb should excite your pity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x8)

### Note

The «b» is silent: say «lim». Same in «climb», «comb», «thumb», «lamb». Countable noun (limbs). The body without limbs and head is the trunk.

## In Jewish tradition

It means a part of the body. In Judges, it describes the terrible cutting up of a woman's body.

**Interpretation.** The story shows how wild Israel had become when it had no king, and it led the tribes to unite in war.

### Examples

- And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel. (Prophets JDG.19.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/limb/#x1)

### Note

The «b» is silent: say «lim». Same in «climb», «comb», «thumb», «lamb». Countable noun (limbs). The body without limbs and head is the trunk.

## On Mova

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