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# besom

«besom» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A broom made of twigs tied to a stick** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural besoms)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use, in fairy tales) A broom made of twigs tied to a stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/besom/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A broom, used by the prophet as a picture of God sweeping away a city. Interpretation: Isaiah says God will sweep Babylon clean as with a broom, a sign that no evil power can last. In the primary lessons: a witch's broom in a story, which she rides through the night

### examples

- I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. (Prophets ISA.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/besom/#x1)
- The witch flew off on her besom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/besom/#x2)
- Some witches rode on an old besom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/besom/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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