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# sepulchre

noun (sepulchre, sepulchres) (old use, in fairy tales)

«sepulchre» 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 sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepulchre/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a hidden tomb, often with a secret door or trap-door, where a dead person lies

### Examples

- The knight dug beside the old sepulchre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepulchre/#x1)
- Inside the sepulchre lay a stone box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepulchre/#x2)
- Beneath the sepulchre he found a trap-door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepulchre/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Used for the grave where the dead are buried, such as Sarah's burial place in Hebron.

**Interpretation.** Moses's burial place is unknown "unto this day," and tradition says it was hidden so that it would not become a shrine.

### Examples

- And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. (Torah DEU.34.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x1)
- 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.' (Torah GEN.23.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x2)
- Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. (Prophets JER.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x3)
- And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. (Prophets 2SA.2.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x4)
- And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. (Prophets 2KI.21.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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