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# clod

«clod» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A lump of earth or soil, often large and hard: a clod of…** — 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 (clods)

### meaning for a pupil

A lump of earth or soil, often large and hard: a clod of earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A lump of earth, used in Job for dry soil and for the grave's earth that covers the dead. Interpretation: The tradition notes that people are made from dust and return to it, so clods are a reminder of death and humility. In the primary lessons: in stories, a huge lump of earth; a fall that puts someone on the ground

### examples

- When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? (Writings JOB.38.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x1)
- My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. (Writings JOB.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x2)
- The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him. (Writings JOB.21.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x3)
- The boy threw a clod at the bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x4)
- The field was full of clods of earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x5)
- He hit the big fellow so hard that he kissed the clod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clod/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.155/)
- [The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.563/)
- [When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1048/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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