[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bag.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / bag [← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/B/) # bag «bag» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a soft container you carry things in, made of paper…** — 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 (bag, bags); verb (bag, bags, bagged, bagging — to put in a bag; to grab; to criticise) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A bag is a soft container you carry things in, made of paper, plastic, cloth or leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m1) 2) A bag is the amount a bag holds: a bag of sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m2) 3) To bag something is to put it in a bag, or to grab it for yourself: I bagged the front seat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m3) 4) (casual) «Bags» (UK, Ireland, Australia) or «dibs» (US) claims something first: «Bags the window seat!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m4) 5) (casual) «Bags of» means lots of: bags of time. «Not my bag» means not what I like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m5) 6) (casual, Australia, NZ) To bag someone is to criticise them or make fun of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m6) 7) (rude) «Old bag» is a nasty name for an older woman; do not use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m7) 8) (formal) The exam voice says «receptacle», «container», «sack», «parcel». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#m8) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A bag held weights for the market, and the law forbids false weights in it. The prophet Micah asks if God can accept a bag of deceitful weights. Job speaks of his sin as sealed up in a bag, and in the Song of Songs a bag of myrrh is a picture of a beloved. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that false weights are a serious sin because they cheat people. Honest measures were seen as a sign of fear of God. Job's sealed bag is read as a picture of sins kept safe until judgment. In the primary lessons: a container; often one of several equal groups («3 bags, each has 4» = 3 × 4) or what a total is split into («equally into 3 bags» = divide); in everyday life school bag, shopping bag, lunch bag, sleeping bag, tea bag, schoolbag, «pack your bags»; in casual talk «bags I go first», «bags of time», «in the bag» (sure to happen); in safety never put a plastic bag over your head; in the exam voice «receptacles», «containers each containing» ### examples - Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. (Torah DEU.25.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x1) - My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity. (Writings JOB.14.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x2) - 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?' (Prophets MIC.6.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x3) - My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x4) - There are 3 bags. Each bag has 4 stamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x5) - A box has 20 balloons and a bag has 19 balloons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x6) - Rita puts 18 sweets equally into 3 bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x7) - Each bag holds 5 oranges. How many oranges are in 6 bags? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x8) - Don't forget your school bag! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x9) - We packed the groceries into bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x10) - I bought a bag of chips for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x11) - Plastic bags can hurt sea turtles, so we reuse them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x12) - Bags the front seat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x13) - relax, we've got bags of time, bus is at 9 [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x14) - We're 3 goals up, the game's in the bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x15) - A total of 18 confectionery items is distributed equally among 3 receptacles; determine the contents of each receptacle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x16) - These are magic bags which never grow empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/#x17) ### note A container is not a clue by itself. Trap: «N bags, each has M» is multiply, «puts … equally into N bags» is divide, and «a box has … a bag has … how many fewer» is subtract. Count the things in the bags, not the bags, unless the question asks for bags. «bags of time» is a lot of time, not a number of bags; «in the bag» means sure to win. «Bags!» is a claim, like «dibs». «a receptacle» in an exam is just a container. ### In the corpora - [Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.674/) - ['Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.92/) - [He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.196/) - [A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.454/) - [My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.358/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «bag» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bag/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.