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# spider

noun (spider, spiders)

«spider» 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 spider is a small animal with 8 legs that spins webs of silk to catch insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#m1)
2. Spiders are not insects; they belong to a group called arachnids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#m2)
3. Most spiders are harmless to people, but a few, like some in Australia, have a dangerous bite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a counted animal with 8 legs, used in legs puzzles (spiders and beetles). In science: arachnids have 8 legs and 2 body parts; insects have 6 legs and 3 body parts; webs, predators and prey. In stories: «Charlotte's Web», «Incy Wincy Spider» (Itsy Bitsy Spider). Phrases: «spider's web», «spin a web».

### Examples

- A spider has 8 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x1)
- How many legs do 5 spiders have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x2)
- There are spiders and beetles with 70 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x3)
- She saw 3 spiders in the web. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x4)
- A spider is not an insect because it has 8 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x5)
- The spider spun a web between two branches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x6)
- Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x7)
- In Australia, do not touch a redback spider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x8)
- "Good father Spider! please not to kill me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spider/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a spider». A spider web or «spider's web». Maths: hides «8 legs each». Trap: a spider is not an insect; it has 8 legs, not 6. Safety: do not pick up spiders you do not know.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Bible the spider's web is a picture of something weak and easily broken, though one proverb praises the spider for getting into palaces.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the web as a warning that trust in anything but God is flimsy, while the proverb is read as showing that small, patient creatures can reach great places.

### Examples

- Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web. (Writings JOB.8.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spider/#x1)
- The spider thou canst take with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces. (Writings PRO.30.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spider/#x2)
- They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (Prophets ISA.59.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spider/#x3)

### Note

Countable: «a spider». A spider web or «spider's web». Maths: hides «8 legs each». Trap: a spider is not an insect; it has 8 legs, not 6. Safety: do not pick up spiders you do not know.

## On Mova

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