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# potsherd

noun (potsherds)

«potsherd» 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

A broken piece of an old clay pot or dish, often found in the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a bit of broken pot with a message scratched on it.

### Examples

- She asked to see the potsherd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#x1)
- The archaeologist found a potsherd in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#x2)
- He gave the lad a piece of broken potsherd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potsherd/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

A potsherd is a broken piece of clay pot. Job scrapes his sores with one, and Isaiah says a person who argues with God is only a potsherd among potsherds.

**Interpretation.** Job's potsherd is read as a sign of his misery. Isaiah's saying is read as a call to humility before the Maker.

### Examples

- Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire. (Writings JOB.41.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/potsherd/#x1)
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. (Writings JOB.2.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/potsherd/#x2)
- Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! (Prophets ISA.45.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/potsherd/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

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