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# luminary

noun

«luminary» 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 Psalm it means the moon or lights God set in the sky.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as showing that God made all the lights of heaven, which are not to be worshipped.

### Meaning

A shining body in the sky, such as the sun, moon or a star. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/luminary/#m1)

### Examples

- Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun. (Writings PSA.74.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/luminary/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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