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# breastplate

«breastplate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a…** — 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 (breastplates)

### meaning for a pupil

A breastplate is a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a fighter in battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The breastplate was a square piece of cloth worn on the chest of the high priest, set with twelve precious stones, one for each tribe of Israel. Interpretation: Tradition calls it the choshen, and says it carried the Urim and Thummim, used to ask God questions. Wearing it, the high priest carried all the tribes over his heart. In the primary lessons: armour of a hero or a soldier in old stories, for example Heracles

### examples

- onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (Torah EXO.25.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#x1)
- And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold. (Torah EXO.39.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#x2)
- And thou shalt make upon the breastplate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold. (Torah EXO.28.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#x3)
- The knight polished his breastplate until it shone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#x4)
- Protected by his breastplate and lion's skin, Heracles went after the monster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#x5)
- The old troop-horse grumbled about his crupper and breastplate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/breastplate/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.707/)
- [And thou shalt make upon the breastplate plaited chains of wreathen work of pure gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.820/)
- [And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.822/)
- [and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1055/)
- [And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1073/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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