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# bleat

«bleat» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The shaky «baa» sound a sheep, lamb or goat makes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (bleat, bleats, bleated, bleating); noun (a bleat, bleats)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The shaky «baa» sound a sheep, lamb or goat makes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#m1)

2) To make that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#m2)

3) (informal) To complain in a weak, whining way, as in «stop bleating about it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Samuel hears the sheep that Saul kept, which proves Saul disobeyed God's command. Tradition notes that the animals themselves reveal the truth. In the primary lessons: In science and farm lessons it is the name of the sheep's and goat's call (like a dog barks and a cow moos). In stories it tells the reader there are sheep nearby or that a character is moaning in a feeble way. Phrases: «bleat on about».

### examples

- And Samuel said: 'What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?' (Prophets 1SA.15.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x1)
- The lambs bleated for their mothers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x2)
- We heard the bleat of a goat in the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x3)
- A sheep bleats, a dog barks and a cow moos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x4)
- The little lamb gave a sad bleat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x5)
- Stop bleating about your homework and just do it! (informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x6)
- The goats bleated when the farmer brought hay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x7)
- He bleated that it was not fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bleat/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: bleated, bleating. Countable noun: a bleat. Rhymes with «sheet». Animal sounds: sheep and goats bleat, horses neigh, pigs oink or grunt, ducks quack.

### Trees and pragmatics

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