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# blow

«blow» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **blowing»** — 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

verb (blow, blows, blew, blown, blowing; blow out, blow up, blow away); noun (a blow, blows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of wind: to move: «The wind is blowing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#m1)

2) To push air out of your mouth: blow out candles, blow your nose, blow bubbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#m2)

3) Of something: to be moved by wind: «The leaves blew away». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#m3)

4) Blow up: to fill with air (a balloon) or to explode. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#m4)

5) A noun: a hard hit with a hand or a weapon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#m5)

6) A noun: a sudden shock or disappointment: «Losing was a blow». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means to sound a horn or trumpet, and also to send wind. Interpretation: Blowing the trumpets told the camp to gather or to move. Tradition notes that a long blast was for gathering and a broken alarm for travelling. In the primary lessons: In science: moving air (wind) blows things; blowing on hot food cools it; blowing air into a balloon. In hygiene: blow your nose into a tissue. In safety: in a fire, don't blow on flames — get out; a blow to the head needs an adult. In stories: «a blow» is a hit or a bad shock; the wolf «huffed and puffed and blew the house down». Phrases: blow out, blow up, blow away, blow your nose, blow a whistle, a blow to the head, blow over (end).

### examples

- Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Torah EXO.15.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x1)
- And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey. (Torah NUM.10.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x2)
- But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. (Torah NUM.10.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x3)
- Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; (Prophets JOL.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x4)
- Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day. (Writings PSA.81.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x5)
- Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. (Writings PSA.39.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x6)
- The wind is blowing hard today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x7)
- Blow out the candles and make a wish! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x8)
- Blow your nose into a tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x9)
- My hat blew away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x10)
- Can you blow up the balloons? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x11)
- The referee blew the whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x12)
- The boxer took a blow to the head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x13)
- Losing the final was a big blow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x14)
- The argument soon blew over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x15)
- Straws show how the wind blows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blow/#x16)

### note

Irregular: blow, blew (past), blown (has blown) — not «blowed». «Blew» sounds like «blue». «Blow up» has two meanings: fill with air or explode — read the context.

### In the corpora

- [Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.426/)
- [And when they shall blow with them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.402/)
- [And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.404/)
- [But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.406/)
- [So the people shouted, and the priests blew with the horns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.119/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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