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# saddle

noun (a saddle, saddles); verb (saddle, saddles, saddled, saddling)

«saddle» 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 leather seat put on a horse's back for the rider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#m1)
2. The seat of a bicycle or motorbike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#m2)
3. (verb) To put a saddle on a horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#m3)
4. (verb) «Saddle someone with» means give them a hard job they don't want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety, adjust your bike saddle to the right height. In stories, cowboys saddle their horses. Phrases: saddle up, in the saddle, saddled with.

### Examples

- She put the saddle on her pony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x1)
- Lower your bike saddle so your feet touch the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x2)
- The cowboy saddled his horse at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x3)
- Saddle up, we're leaving! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x4)
- I got saddled with washing up again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x5)
- The saddle was hard after a long ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x6)
- "The saddle came from the Prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saddle/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: saddled. Saddlebag: a bag on a saddle. «Back in the saddle» means back to doing something again.

## In Jewish tradition

In the law of impurity, a saddle that a person with a discharge rides on becomes unclean. In Rachel's story, the saddle of the camel hides the household idols.

**Interpretation.** The laws of purity show that uncleanness could spread by touch or by sitting on things. Commentators say Rachel's hiding of the teraphim shows how clever she was.

### Examples

- And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saddle/#x1)
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. (Torah NUM.22.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saddle/#x2)
- Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saddle/#x3)
- And he spoke to his sons, saying: 'Saddle me the ass.' And they saddled it. (Prophets 1KI.13.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saddle/#x4)
- And he said unto his sons: 'Saddle me the ass.' So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon. (Prophets 1KI.13.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saddle/#x5)
- Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant: 'Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.' (Prophets 2KI.4.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saddle/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: saddled. Saddlebag: a bag on a saddle. «Back in the saddle» means back to doing something again.

## On Mova

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