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# agate

«agate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (agate, agates)

### meaning for a pupil

A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is one of the twelve stones in the High Priest's breastplate, in the third row. Interpretation: Tradition says each stone stood for one of the twelve tribes, with the tribe's name engraved on it. In the primary lessons: in tales, a precious stone used to decorate a grand palace or gate

### examples

- and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x1)
- And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. (Torah EXO.39.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x2)
- The gate was formed of a single agate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x3)
- Build me a palace set with jasper and agate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x4)
- She wore a ring of red agate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.817/)
- [And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1195/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.