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# womb

noun (a womb, wombs)

«womb» 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. The womb is the organ inside a female mammal's body where a baby grows before it is born. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#m1)
2. (figurative) A womb can be a safe, warm place where something starts and grows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#m2)
3. (poetic) A womb can be a dark place that swallows things up, like a grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons about life cycles and human growth: a baby develops in its mother's womb for about nine months. The medical word is «uterus». In stories it can stand for a safe place.

### Examples

- A baby grows in its mother's womb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x1)
- The kangaroo baby is born early and then grows in a pouch, not in the womb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x2)
- Doctors can see a baby in the womb with a scan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x3)
- Babies can hear sounds while in the womb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x4)
- Mammals grow their young in a womb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x5)
- The cosy cave felt like a womb to the lost hikers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x6)
- There firm and instant closed the greedy Womb, Where wide-born Thousands met a common Tomb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/#x7)

### Note

The «b» is silent: said «woom». Plural: wombs. Medical word: uterus. Like «tomb» and «comb», the final «b» is not said.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, God "opening the womb" means giving a woman children. In Job the womb is also where people are formed, and a place from which even ice is said to come.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says God alone controls birth. Job's words, "did not One fashion us in the womb?", are read as saying that God made rich and poor alike.

### Examples

- And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womb/#x1)
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. (Torah GEN.25.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womb/#x2)
- And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. (Torah GEN.29.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womb/#x3)
- Why died I not from the womb? (Writings JOB.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womb/#x4)
- Out of whose womb came the ice? (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womb/#x5)
- And did not One fashion us in the womb? (Writings JOB.31.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womb/#x6)

### Note

The «b» is silent: said «woom». Plural: wombs. Medical word: uterus. Like «tomb» and «comb», the final «b» is not said.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «womb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/womb/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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