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# sealskin

noun (sealskins)

«sealskin» 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. The skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealskin/#m1)
2. Made of sealskin, as in a sealskin purse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealskin/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales, sealskin is a fine, magic or precious skin that creatures and dwarfs wear or use

### Examples

- The old man wore a coat of sealskin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealskin/#x1)
- "Sealskin, are they?" said the moth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealskin/#x2)
- The little purse was made of soft sealskin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sealskin/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Used for the outermost covering of the Tabernacle tent. The Hebrew word is tachash, and the translators were unsure what animal it meant.

**Interpretation.** Tradition debates what the tachash was. Some sages say it was a special colourful animal that existed only for the building of the Tabernacle, while others think it was a kind of skin or leather.

### Examples

- and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sealskin/#x1)
- And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above. (Torah EXO.36.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sealskin/#x2)
- and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.39.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sealskin/#x3)
- I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk. (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sealskin/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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