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# fish

«fish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with…** — 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 (fish — one or many; fishes — many kinds); verb (fish, fishes, fished, fishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fish is an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with gills and has fins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#m1)

2) Fish is also the meat of fish that people eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#m2)

3) To fish means to try to catch fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#m3)

4) To fish for something is to search for it, like fishing in your bag for keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Only fish with fins and scales are kosher. Fish are also a symbol of blessing and plenty, and the Israelites in the desert missed the fish of Egypt. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted in tanks or caught; more added or sold (subtract); food per fish; the plural is usually also «fish»; science: gills, fins, scales, life in rivers and seas; everyday life: pet fish, fish and chips, going fishing; safety: wear a life jacket when fishing from a boat

### examples

- the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; (Torah DEU.4.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x1)
- And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.' (Torah EXO.7.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x2)
- We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x3)
- He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. (Writings PSA.105.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x4)
- Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x5)
- Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. (Prophets JON.2.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x6)
- There are 12 fish in the tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x7)
- He caught 5 fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x8)
- Each fish eats 2 pellets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x9)
- How many fish are left after 3 are sold? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x10)
- Fish breathe through gills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x11)
- We had fish and chips for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x12)
- Grandpa took me fishing at the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x13)
- She fished in her bag for a pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x14)
- THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fish/#x15)

### note

Thing counted. Trap: «fish» is both one and many, so read the number. Whales and dolphins live in water but are not fish; they are mammals.

### In the corpora

- [the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.130/)
- [Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JON.18/)
- [And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JON.28/)
- [And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.17/)
- [The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.93/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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