--- title: J — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 180 words of the English dictionary under J, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / J # J — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under J: 180 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/page/2/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/page/9/) **jab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To jab is to push something pointed quickly and hard into or at something, like a finger or stick.[↗](jab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A jab is a quick, hard poke or punch.[↗](jab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A jab is an injection, like a vaccine.[↗](jab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the flu jab".[↗](jab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A jab is a short unkind remark.[↗](jab/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a jab at her spelling".[↗](jab/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He jabbed me with his elbow.[↗](jab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had our flu jabs at school.[↗](jab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse said the jab would only sting a little.[↗](jab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She jabbed the button on the lift.[↗](jab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boxer threw a quick jab.[↗](jab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't jab your pencil at people.[↗](jab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His joke was a jab at my messy hair.[↗](jab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All 28 children had the jab, in two groups of 14.[↗](jab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **jabbing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Poking or pushing something sharp or pointed quickly and hard: «He kept jabbing me with his pencil.».[↗](jabbing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (boxing) Throwing quick, short straight punches.[↗](jabbing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, UK informal) A jab is an injection or vaccination: «the flu jab».[↗](jabbing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (figurative) Making sharp, unkind remarks at someone.[↗](jabbing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop jabbing me with your elbow\![↗](jabbing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was jabbing at the buttons on the remote.[↗](jabbing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boxer kept jabbing with his left hand.[↗](jabbing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had my flu jab at school.[↗](jabbing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was jabbing her finger at the map.[↗](jabbing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rat was jabbing the river bank with a stick.[↗](jabbing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jacinth** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A reddish-orange precious stone.[↗](jacinth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917)[↗](jacinth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.[↗](jacinth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.12, JPS 1917)[↗](jacinth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **jack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tool for lifting a heavy thing, like a car, a little way off the ground.[↗](jack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (cards) A playing card with a picture of a young man, between the ten and the queen; also called the knave.[↗](jack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (electric) A socket where you plug in a lead, like a headphone jack.[↗](jack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (games) jacks — a children's game of picking up small metal pieces while bouncing a ball; in bowls, the small white ball.[↗](jack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (ship) A small flag on a ship, as in the Union Jack, the UK flag.[↗](jack/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (a name) Jack, a boy's name, often a nickname for John; in fairy tales Jack is a brave clever boy.[↗](jack/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (verb, informal) jack up = lift with a jack or raise prices; (UK slang) jack in = give up; (slang) jack = steal («he jacked my bike»).[↗](jack/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (male animal) A male donkey or hare is a jack.[↗](jack/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad used a jack to lift the car and change the tyre.[↗](jack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Jack of Hearts stole the tarts.[↗](jack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plug your headphones into the jack.[↗](jack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack climbed the beanstalk.[↗](jack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We played jacks on the playground.[↗](jack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom.[↗](jack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was fed up and jacked in his job (UK slang).[↗](jack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop jacked up the price of sweets.[↗](jack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A jack-in-the-box popped up and made the baby laugh.[↗](jack/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a jack of all trades.[↗](jack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack uttered a cry of surprise.[↗](jack/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **jackal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jackal is a wild animal like a small, thin dog that lives in Africa and Asia and eats small animals and leftovers from other hunters.[↗](jackal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A jackal can mean a sneaky person who takes advantage of others' work or misfortune.[↗](jackal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A jackal crept towards the leftover meat.[↗](jackal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jackals howl at night on the savanna.[↗](jackal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Anubis, the Egyptian god, had a jackal's head.[↗](jackal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The jackal is a cousin of the dog and the wolf.[↗](jackal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, the clever jackal tricks the lion.[↗](jackal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jackals live in pairs and raise their pups together.[↗](jackal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard jackals calling in the dark.[↗](jackal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.[↗](jackal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.29, JPS 1917)[↗](jackal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.[↗](jackal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.37, JPS 1917)[↗](jackal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.[↗](jackal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.44.20, JPS 1917)[↗](jackal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **jackdaw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes shiny things.[↗](jackdaw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A jackdaw sat on the church roof.[↗](jackdaw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The jackdaw stole the shiny spoon.[↗](jackdaw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vain jackdaw wore borrowed feathers.[↗](jackdaw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **jacket** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jacket is a short coat with sleeves that you wear over other clothes.[↗](jacket/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A jacket is also a cover for something: a book jacket, a jacket potato (a potato baked with its skin).[↗](jacket/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A life jacket is a vest that keeps you floating in water.[↗](jacket/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on your jacket; it's chilly outside.[↗](jacket/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My jacket has a hood for when it rains.[↗](jacket/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear a life jacket on a boat.[↗](jacket/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had jacket potatoes with cheese for lunch.[↗](jacket/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He hung his jacket on the hook.[↗](jacket/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cyclists wear bright jackets so drivers can see them.[↗](jacket/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The jacket of this book has a dragon on it.[↗](jacket/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I left my jacket at school.[↗](jacket/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new.[↗](jacket/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **jackpot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jackpot is the biggest prize in a game, lottery or competition, often a large amount of money.[↗](jackpot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To hit the jackpot is to have great luck or success, or find exactly what you wanted.[↗](jackpot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She won the lottery jackpot and gave money to charity.[↗](jackpot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The jackpot this week is a million pounds.[↗](jackpot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We hit the jackpot at the car boot sale: a whole box of comics for a pound.[↗](jackpot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fruit machine paid out the jackpot.[↗](jackpot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The chance of winning the jackpot is tiny.[↗](jackpot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When the jackpot isn't won, it rolls over to the next game.[↗](jackpot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jackrabbit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jackrabbit is a large hare of western North America with very long ears and strong back legs.[↗](jackrabbit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, US) To jackrabbit is to start or move suddenly and fast, like a car shooting off from traffic lights.[↗](jackrabbit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A jackrabbit leapt out from behind the cactus.[↗](jackrabbit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jackrabbits have long ears that help them stay cool.[↗](jackrabbit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The black-tailed jackrabbit lives in the deserts of the USA and Mexico.[↗](jackrabbit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A jackrabbit can run faster than most dogs.[↗](jackrabbit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car made a jackrabbit start when the lights turned green.[↗](jackrabbit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Coyotes and eagles hunt jackrabbits.[↗](jackrabbit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jacks** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Jacks is a children's game where you toss a small ball and pick up small metal or plastic pieces called jacks before catching it.[↗](jacks/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Jacks are playing cards with a picture of a young man, worth between 10 and the queen.[↗](jacks/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A jack is a tool that lifts a car off the ground.[↗](jacks/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, Australia) «Jacks» means police; «be jack of» means be tired of.[↗](jacks/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played jacks at break time.[↗](jacks/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She picked up three jacks before the ball bounced.[↗](jacks/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He had two jacks in his hand of cards.[↗](jacks/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad used a jack to lift the car.[↗](jacks/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are four jacks in a pack of cards.[↗](jacks/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never crawl under a car held only by a jack.[↗](jacks/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jacob** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A boy's or man's first name.[↗](jacob/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the Bible, Jacob is the son of Isaac and the father of twelve sons, including Joseph.[↗](jacob/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jacob is the tallest boy in our class.[↗](jacob/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jacob's mum picks him up after school.[↗](jacob/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Jacob had twelve sons.[↗](jacob/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jacob and Esau were twin brothers.[↗](jacob/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We call him Jake for short, but his name is Jacob.[↗](jacob/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jacob sheep have black and white spots and four horns.[↗](jacob/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban came up with Jacob.[↗](jacob/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.25, JPS 1917)[↗](jacob/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These are the generations of Jacob.[↗](jacob/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.2, JPS 1917)[↗](jacob/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: (Torah GEN.35.22, JPS 1917)[↗](jacob/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Do I change, O house of Jacob?[↗](jacob/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](jacob/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.[↗](jacob/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.79.7, JPS 1917)[↗](jacob/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria?[↗](jacob/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](jacob/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **jade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Jade is a hard green stone used to make jewellery and carvings.[↗](jade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Jade is also a green colour.[↗](jade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A jade was a worn-out horse; jaded means tired and bored.[↗](jade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Jade is a girl's name.[↗](jade/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma wears a jade bracelet.[↗](jade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has old Chinese jade carvings.[↗](jade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She painted her room jade green.[↗](jade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jade is a very hard stone.[↗](jade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Jade sits next to me.[↗](jade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The jade statue shone in the light.[↗](jade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So the Devil gave him that sorry jade.[↗](jade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **jagged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With rough, sharp, uneven points or edges: jagged rocks.[↗](jagged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Be careful, the broken glass has jagged edges.[↗](jagged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jagged rocks stuck out of the sea.[↗](jagged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A jagged line of lightning lit the sky.[↗](jagged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountains had jagged peaks.[↗](jagged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tin was opened and left a jagged lid.[↗](jagged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph showed a jagged line going up and down.[↗](jagged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “If,” said one irritable guard, “if we buzzed a spear at the persistent stranger, or if one slung at him with a jagged pebble!”[↗](jagged/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **jaguar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jaguar is a big, powerful wild cat of Central and South America, with golden fur covered in rosettes that have spots inside them.[↗](jaguar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Jaguars are strong swimmers and hunt in rainforests and swamps, catching capybaras, fish, turtles and even caimans.[↗](jaguar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Jaguar (with a capital J) is a British make of expensive car.[↗](jaguar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The jaguar crept silently through the rainforest.[↗](jaguar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jaguars are the biggest cats in South America.[↗](jaguar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Unlike most cats, jaguars love water.[↗](jaguar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A jaguar's rosettes have little spots inside them.[↗](jaguar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The jaguar pounced on a caiman by the river.[↗](jaguar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Maya carved jaguars on their temples.[↗](jaguar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle's new car is a Jaguar.[↗](jaguar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This is almost identical with a story quoted by Mr. Smith, where the jaguar is about to marry the deer's daughter.[↗](jaguar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **jail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jail is a building where people are locked up as punishment for crimes or while waiting for trial.[↗](jail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To jail someone is to put them in jail.[↗](jail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Any place that feels like you cannot leave.[↗](jail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thief was sent to jail.[↗](jail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the board game, you land on «Go to jail».[↗](jail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was jailed for stealing cars.[↗](jail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old jail is now a museum.[↗](jail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners escaped from jail.[↗](jail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being stuck indoors all day felt like jail.[↗](jail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to protest, but the two officers clapped their paws on his mouth and hustled him away to jail.[↗](jail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **jailbird** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, old-fashioned) A person who is in prison or has often been in prison.[↗](jailbird/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The jailbird escaped through a tunnel.[↗](jailbird/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cartoon the jailbird wore a striped suit.[↗](jailbird/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad called the villain an old jailbird.[↗](jailbird/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is about a jailbird who turns his life around.[↗](jailbird/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The jailbird was back behind bars.[↗](jailbird/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone a jailbird is not kind.[↗](jailbird/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jailer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to look after the prisoners in a jail and keep them locked in.[↗](jailer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The jailer turned the big iron key in the lock.[↗](jailer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad escaped with the help of the gaoler's daughter.[↗](jailer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The jailer brought the prisoners bread and water.[↗](jailer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Paul and Silas sang in prison and the jailer listened.[↗](jailer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Today a jailer is usually called a prison officer.[↗](jailer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The jailer fell asleep, and the hero crept out.[↗](jailer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A follower of Jainism, an old religion from India that teaches non-violence to all living things.[↗](jain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Belonging to Jainism, as in a Jain temple.[↗](jain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Also a family name in India.[↗](jain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend's family are Jains.[↗](jain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jains try not to harm any living creature.[↗](jain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a beautiful Jain temple.[↗](jain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Jains do not eat root vegetables.[↗](jain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Jain festival of Diwali is also important to them.[↗](jain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Jain is our new maths teacher.[↗](jain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **jainism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (religion) An ancient religion from India that teaches non-violence to all living things, honesty, and freeing the soul by living simply.[↗](jainism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Jains follow the teachings of Mahavira and earlier great teachers called Tirthankaras.[↗](jainism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jainism began in India over 2,500 years ago.[↗](jainism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jainism teaches respect for every living thing.[↗](jainism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people who follow Jainism do not eat meat, fish or eggs.[↗](jainism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jains believe that the soul can be freed from the cycle of rebirth.[↗](jainism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a beautiful Jain temple in Leicester.[↗](jainism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In RE we compared Jainism and Buddhism.[↗](jainism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ahimsa, or non-violence, is the heart of Jainism.[↗](jainism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **jam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Jam is a sweet food made from fruit and sugar that you spread on bread.[↗](jam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A traffic jam is when many cars are stuck and cannot move.[↗](jam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To jam is to get stuck or to push something tightly into a space: the door jammed.[↗](jam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A jam is a difficult situation: in a jam.[↗](jam/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To jam is also to play music together freely.[↗](jam/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mom made 6 jars of jam.[↗](jam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each jar holds 250 grams of jam.[↗](jam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They sat in a traffic jam for 20 minutes.[↗](jam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She spreads jam on 8 slices of bread.[↗](jam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I like toast with strawberry jam.[↗](jam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The printer has a paper jam.[↗](jam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The drawer jammed and would not open.[↗](jam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus was jam-packed with fans.[↗](jam/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I am in a jam: I forgot my homework.[↗](jam/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · “And after the cauliflower, some cake and jam.”[↗](jam/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](jam/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et \[p. 12\] profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus."[↗](jam/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") Johannes Pistorius.[↗](jam/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](jam/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/page/2/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/page/9/) - ← previous: [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)