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# facet

«facet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **One side or part of something with many sides, like a cut…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

One side or part of something with many sides, like a cut gem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/facet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Zechariah, a stone with seven facets, or "eyes," is set before the high priest Joshua. God promises to remove the land's sin in one day. Interpretation: Tradition reads the seven facets as God's seven watching eyes or as the fullness of His care. The verse is read as a promise of forgiveness for Israel.

### examples

- Hebrew has of course several verb roots relating to one or more of each of these three facets of language. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/facet/#x1)
- For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone are seven facets; behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts: And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (Prophets ZEC.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/facet/#x2)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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