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# lobe

noun (a lobe, lobes)

«lobe» 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. An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#m1)
2. (science) A lobe is a round part of an organ, like the lobes of the brain, the lungs or the liver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#m2)
3. A lobe is a rounded part of a leaf or another shape that sticks out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn the brain has lobes (frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital), each doing different jobs, and the right lung has three lobes, the left two. In nature study, oak leaves have rounded lobes. In everyday life, ear piercings are often in the lobe. Phrases: «ear lobe», «frontal lobe».

### Examples

- She has her ear lobes pierced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#x1)
- The frontal lobe of the brain helps us plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#x2)
- The right lung has three lobes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#x3)
- Oak leaves have wavy lobes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#x4)
- The occipital lobe helps us see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#x5)
- My earlobes get cold in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a lobe, lobes. «Earlobe» is usually one word. Myth: attached versus free earlobes is not a simple one-gene trait, though textbooks often say so. Do not confuse with «globe» or «lob» (a high throw).

## In Jewish tradition

The lobe of the liver is the part of the animal burned on the altar with the fat and kidneys in the sin-offering and other offerings.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats it as part of God's share of the offering. The rabbis discuss exactly which part of the liver it is.

### Examples

- But the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, he made smoke upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah LEV.9.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lobe/#x1)
- and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. (Torah LEV.9.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lobe/#x2)
- and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys. (Torah LEV.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lobe/#x3)

### Note

Countable: a lobe, lobes. «Earlobe» is usually one word. Myth: attached versus free earlobes is not a simple one-gene trait, though textbooks often say so. Do not confuse with «globe» or «lob» (a high throw).

## On Mova

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