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# tabernacles

noun

«tabernacles» 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

The "feast of tabernacles" is Sukkot, a seven-day harvest festival in autumn when Israelites lived in booths.

**Interpretation.** Jews build a sukkah and eat there to recall the shelters of the desert years and God's protection. It is called the season of joy.

### Meaning

Plural of tabernacle; here it means huts or booths, as in the festival Sukkot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#m1)

### Examples

- Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress. (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#x1)
- Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.23.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#x2)
- And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, (Torah DEU.31.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#x3)
- How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! (Writings PSA.84.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#x4)
- This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. (Prophets ZEC.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#x5)
- And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; (Writings EZR.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tabernacles/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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