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# turtledove

noun

«turtledove» 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

It is one of the birds allowed as an offering, for example by a Nazirite who has become unclean.

**Interpretation.** Tradition counts the turtledove and young pigeon as the only birds fit for the altar.

### Meaning

A turtledove is a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtledove/#m1)

### Examples

- And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. (Torah NUM.6.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtledove/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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