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# stripling

noun

«stripling» 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

Here it is David, a young shepherd before he faces Goliath.

**Interpretation.** Tradition notes that Saul seems not to recognize David. Commentators explain this in different ways.

### Meaning

An old word for a boy or young man who is no longer a child but not yet fully grown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stripling/#m1)

### Examples

- And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.' (Prophets 1SA.17.56, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stripling/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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