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# seethe

verb (seethes, seethed, seething)

«seethe» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Used in the law "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk," and for cooking the priests' sacred meat.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read the kid and milk law as the basis for keeping meat and dairy apart. Kosher homes use separate dishes for each. In the primary lessons: in the tales, a cauldron seethes over the fire; a person may seethe inside with anger

### Meaning

1. To boil or bubble hard, like a pot of hot liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#m1)
2. To be very angry inside, while showing little of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#m2)

### Examples

- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x1)
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.' (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x2)
- And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x3)
- Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it. (Prophets EZK.24.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x4)
- The soup seethes in the pot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x5)
- The cauldron seethed over the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x6)
- He was seething inside, though he said nothing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seethe/#x7)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

To cook something by boiling it in liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seethe/#m1)

### Then and now

Today seethe mostly means to be very angry or to bubble with strong feeling. The sentences use the old sense of boiling food.

### Examples

- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seethe/#x1)
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.' (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seethe/#x2)
- And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seethe/#x3)

### Note

Today: boil.

## On Mova

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