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# armhole

«armhole» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The opening in a garment for the arm, or the armpit** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The opening in a garment for the arm, or the armpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/armhole/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means the armpit, where Jeremiah was told to put rags under the ropes so they would not hurt him as he was lifted from the pit. Interpretation: Tradition notes the kindness of Ebed-melech, a foreigner who saved the prophet.

### examples

- And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.' And Jeremiah did so. (Prophets JER.38.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/armhole/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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