[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/tablet/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / tablet # tablet noun (a tablet, tablets) «tablet» 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 tablet is a small, flat, hard piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#m1) 2. A tablet is a thin, flat computer with a touch screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#m2) 3. A tablet is a flat piece of stone or clay with writing on it, used long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#m3) 4. A tablet of soap is a bar of soap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#m4) ### In the lessons In health and safety, only take tablets (medicine) that a parent or doctor gives you, in the right amount; tablets can look like sweets, so keep them out of reach of small children. In technology, children use tablets for learning and games; set limits on screen time and stay safe online. In history, the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians wrote on clay or stone tablets. ### Examples - Take one tablet twice a day after meals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x1) - Never take tablets that are not yours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x2) - Keep tablets away from small children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x3) - We use tablets to read e-books in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x4) - My tablet needs charging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x5) - The ancient tablet had writing in pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x6) - Put the tablet down — it's bedtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x7) - The Roman tablets told about the soldiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x8) - Look here, this is what is written on the tablet of the statue by the lower gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/#x9) ### Note Countable. In US English «pill» is more common for medicine. In maths dosage problems, «2 tablets 3 times a day» is 2 × 3 = 6 tablets a day; always follow the label. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Westcott mentions the "Isiac Tablet" as a Hermetic study aid, not the Torah's tablets of stone. In the Prophets a tablet is a board for writing, where Isaiah is told to write so a message lasts. Jeremiah says Judah's sin is written on the tablet of their heart. In the primary lessons: In health and safety, only take tablets (medicine) that a parent or doctor gives you, in the right amount; tablets can look like sweets, so keep them out of reach of small children. In technology, children use tablets for learning and games; set limits on screen time and stay safe online. In history, the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians wrote on clay or stone tablets. ### Examples - To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should be studied hand in hand with Hermetic Rituals, the " Isiac Tablet ", and with a complete set of the Tarot designs. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tablet/#x1) - And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth; (Prophets ISA.8.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tablet/#x2) - Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever. (Prophets ISA.30.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tablet/#x3) - The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars. (Prophets JER.17.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tablet/#x4) ### Note Countable. In US English «pill» is more common for medicine. In maths dosage problems, «2 tablets 3 times a day» is 2 × 3 = 6 tablets a day; always follow the label. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «tablet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tablet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«tablet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tablet.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «tablet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tablet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«tablet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/tablet.html) on Mova free.