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# emerald

«emerald» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a bright green precious stone used in jewellery** — 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 (an emerald, emeralds; emerald — the colour); adjective (emerald)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An emerald is a bright green precious stone used in jewellery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#m1)

2) Emerald is a bright, rich green colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#m2)

3) The Emerald Isle is a nickname for Ireland, because of its green fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#m3)

4) Emerald City is the name of a famous imaginary city in the story of The Wizard of Oz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The emerald is the third stone in the second row of the high priest's breastplate. Each of the twelve stones stood for one tribe of Israel. Interpretation: Tradition links each stone to a tribe, and many sources match the emerald to Judah (some say Levi). The breastplate reminded the priest to carry Israel before God. In the primary lessons: In stories, treasure, crowns and rings; in art and description, colours; in geography, Ireland's nickname; in science, gems and crystals; in The Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City.

### examples

- and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x1)
- And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald. (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x2)
- The queen's ring had a huge emerald. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x3)
- The sea was a sparkling emerald green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x4)
- Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x5)
- Dorothy followed the road to the Emerald City. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x6)
- Emeralds are mined in Colombia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x7)
- “That must be the Emerald City,” said Dorothy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emerald/#x8)

### note

Countable as a stone, uncountable as a colour. Uses «an emerald». It is the birthstone for May.

### In the corpora

- [and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.816/)
- [And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1194/)
- [Emeralds are green beryl, and the finest came from Colombia, where the Spanish took them from the 1500s.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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