[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/covering.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/) / covering [← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/C/) # covering «covering» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a layer of something that lies on or over something else** — 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 (a covering, coverings); verb form (covering — the -ing form of cover) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A covering is a layer of something that lies on or over something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#m1) 2) A covering is something you use to cover or protect something, such as a sheet, lid or curtain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#m2) 3) Covering (verb) means putting something over, hiding, protecting, dealing with a topic, or doing someone else's job for a while. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it can be the layers of skins and cloth over the Tabernacle, or a garment such as a cloak with fringes. In the poets it also means cover for the poor, or what hides things, and God can cover the heavens with blackness. Interpretation: The fringes on a four-cornered garment became the tzitzit, which tradition says remind Jews of the commandments. Job's saying that Destruction has no covering is read as nothing being hidden from God. In the primary lessons: In weather and nature: «a light covering of snow», «a covering of fur». At home: floor coverings (carpets, rugs), wall coverings. In school: «covering a topic» means teaching it; a «cover teacher» is covering for someone who is away. Phrases: «a thin covering», «covering for someone» (also: hiding someone's mistake), «covering up». ### examples - And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x1) - Thou shalt make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself. (Torah DEU.22.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x2) - the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; (Torah EXO.35.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x3) - The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering. (Writings JOB.26.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x4) - I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (Prophets ISA.50.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x5) - They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. (Writings JOB.24.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x6) - There was a light covering of snow on the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x7) - Animals in the Arctic have a thick covering of fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x8) - Put a covering over the paint pots so they don't dry out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x9) - Mr Lee is covering our class while Mrs Day is ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x10) - We are covering fractions this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x11) - The skin is the body's covering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x12) - Never keep covering for a friend who is in danger — tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x13) - Covering their heads with their blankets, they sat trembling with fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/#x14) ### note Countable as a noun: coverings. «Covering for» someone can be kind (doing their job) or dishonest (hiding what they did) — the sentence tells you which. «Cover-up» is hiding the truth. ### In the corpora - [And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.754/) - [And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1101/) - [and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1217/) - [And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon a bar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.149/) - [And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.719/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «covering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.