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# cruse

«cruse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small jar or flask for holding water or oil** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A small jar or flask for holding water or oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It held water or oil, as with Saul's cruse of water, Elijah's food, and Elisha's salt for the spring. Interpretation: The widow's cruse of oil, which never ran out, shows God's care for the faithful. The salt in a new cruse healing Jericho's water is read as a prophet's miracle.

### examples

- And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.' (Prophets 1SA.26.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#x1)
- And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him. (Prophets 2KI.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#x2)
- And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. (Prophets 1KI.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cruse/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.785/)
- [And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.42/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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