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# sherd

noun

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

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel it is the broken pieces of the cup of wrath that Jerusalem must drink and chew.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as a picture of total punishment, where the people are made to swallow all of the cup that Samaria drank.

### Meaning

An old word for a broken piece of pottery, now usually spelled shard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sherd/#m1)

### Examples

- Thou shalt even drink it and drain it, and thou shalt craunch the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.23.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sherd/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

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