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# buckler

«buckler» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small round shield held in the hand, used in old times…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (bucklers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small round shield held in the hand, used in old times (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#m1)

2) (verb, rare) to protect with a shield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A buckler is a small shield. It is often used as a picture of God's protection. Interpretation: The Psalms call God a shield and buckler for those who trust Him. Tradition reads this as meaning that God guards the faithful as a soldier is guarded in battle. In the primary lessons: a shield carried by a warrior in a fight in old tales

### examples

- Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. (Prophets JER.46.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#x1)
- Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help. (Writings PSA.35.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#x2)
- He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers. (Writings JOB.15.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#x3)
- In a moment the heavens rang to the clash of swords on bucklers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#x4)
- He swung his buckler forward to guard himself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#x5)
- The knight raised his buckler against the blow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buckler/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1200/)
- [Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.531/)
- [He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.394/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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