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# apple

«apple» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (apple, apples)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#m1)

2) An apple tree is the tree that grows apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "The apple of His eye" means the pupil of the eye, the most precious and carefully guarded part. In Proverbs the same saying is used for the teaching a person should guard, and "apples of gold" means beautiful, fitting words. In the Song of Songs apples are a sweet, refreshing fruit of love. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as showing how tenderly God guarded Israel in the wilderness. The rabbis read the Song of Songs as a love song between God and Israel, so the apples stand for the sweetness of that bond. In the primary lessons: a fruit put on and taken off the table; a counted thing in problems; in science the apple is a fruit that holds seeds (the story of Newton and the falling apple and gravity); in everyday life lunchbox snacks, apple juice, apple pie; «an apple a day keeps the doctor away»

### examples

- He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x1)
- A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. (Writings PRO.25.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x2)
- 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x3)
- Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye. (Writings PRO.7.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x4)
- I place two apples on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x5)
- There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x6)
- A basket holds 6 apples. How many apples are in 4 baskets? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x7)
- Nora has 5 apples and Ali has 8 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x8)
- I have an apple in my lunchbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x9)
- We picked apples at the farm in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x10)
- Cut the apple in half and look at the seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x11)
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x12)
- The apples were beginning to roast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apple/#x13)

### note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.

### In the corpora

- [Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.203/)
- [Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.178/)
- [A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.732/)
- [As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.19/)
- ['Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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