[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bush.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / bush [← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/B/) # bush «bush» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the…** — 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 (bush, bushes; the bush) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#m1) 2) The bush (in Australia, New Zealand and Africa) is wild land far from towns, with trees and shrubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#m2) 3) A bush of hair is a thick mass of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "The bush" means the burning bush where God first spoke to Moses. It burned but was not eaten up by the fire. Interpretation: The rabbis read the bush that burned without being consumed as a sign of Israel, who was in the fire of Egypt but was not destroyed. Some say the thorny bush was lowly, to show that God is with the humble. In the primary lessons: In school maths: counted plants; berries or flowers on each bush (total = bushes × each); bushes planted in rows (an array). In science: plants, habitats, animals that hide in bushes. In everyday life: rose bushes, blackberry bushes, bushwalking in Australia, bushfires. Phrases: «beat around the bush» (not say something directly), «a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush», «bush fire», «bushwalk». ### examples - And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.' (Torah EXO.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x1) - And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he said: 'Here am I.' (Torah EXO.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x2) - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (Torah EXO.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x3) - Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together. (Writings JOB.30.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x4) - Each bush has 20 berries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x5) - She planted 3 rows of 8 bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x6) - There are 15 rose bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x7) - How many berries on 6 bushes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x8) - A rabbit hid under the bush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x9) - We went bushwalking in the Blue Mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x10) - Stop beating around the bush and tell me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x11) - Bushfires can spread fast in hot, dry weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x12) - "I've found a currant bush; don't pick it." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x13) ### note Plural «bushes» (add -es). «Shrub» is another word for a bush. Maths: group with a size: total = bushes × each; rows × bushes in a row. Trap: only some bushes may have berries — read which ones. Safety: in the bush, stay on the track and carry water. ### In the corpora - [And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.55/) - [Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.755/) - [Duikers are small forest antelopes whose name means diver in Afrikaans, because they plunge into thick bushes to escape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/159-the-congo-rainforest/17/) - [A sheep called Chris was found in Australia in 2015 after years lost in the bush, carrying over forty kilograms of wool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/5/) - [The tiny wren has one of the loudest songs for its size, which carries through thick bushes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/15/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «bush» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.