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# male

adjective (male); noun (a male, males)

«male» 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. Belonging to the sex that cannot give birth or lay eggs; in animals, the one that makes sperm: «a male lion». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#m1)
2. (noun) A male person, animal or plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#m2)
3. (of a plug or part) Having a part that fits into a hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science: in many animals males and females look different — a male lion has a mane, a male peacock has a colourful tail; in plants, male parts (stamens) make pollen. In forms and science tables: «male / female». Phrases: «a male and a female», «male animals», «male part».

### Examples

- The male lion has a big mane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x1)
- A male seahorse carries the babies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x2)
- The male peacock has a beautiful tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x3)
- Most of the birds we saw were males. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x4)
- Fill in the form: male or female. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x5)
- The stamen is the male part of a flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x6)
- As a male divinity he is more particularly the god of shepherds and flocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: female. Homophone: «mail» (letters and post) sounds the same — don't mix them. «Male» is used for animals and science; for people we usually say man, boy, men.

## In Jewish tradition

It means a man or boy, or a male animal; many offerings had to be male and without blemish.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the males appeared three times a year at the Temple, and the firstborn male was holy to God.

### Examples

- one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/male/#x1)
- Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it is most holy. (Torah LEV.6.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/male/#x2)
- Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. (Torah EXO.23.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/male/#x3)
- And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur; and with him seventy males. (Writings EZR.8.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/male/#x4)
- Of the sons of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. (Writings EZR.8.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/male/#x5)
- Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. (Writings EZR.8.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/male/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: female. Homophone: «mail» (letters and post) sounds the same — don't mix them. «Male» is used for animals and science; for people we usually say man, boy, men.

## On Mova

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