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# tenon

noun

«tenon» 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 Exodus these are the pegs on the boards of the tabernacle that fit into silver sockets.

**Interpretation.** The careful details of the tabernacle's construction show that building God's dwelling was done with exact skill.

### Meaning

A piece of wood cut to stick out so that it fits into a slot, used to join two pieces of wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenon/#m1)

### Examples

- Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. (Torah EXO.36.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenon/#x1)
- Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. (Torah EXO.26.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenon/#x2)
- And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. (Torah EXO.36.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenon/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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