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# fist

«fist» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm** — 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 fist, fists)

### meaning for a pupil

A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Torah's law of damages applies even to blows from a fist, teaching that harming a person must be paid for. The prophets and Proverbs use the fist in pictures: "gathering the wind in his fists" shows God's great power, and "the fist of wickedness" is a cruel blow by people who fast but still act unjustly. Tradition reads Isaiah as saying that fasting means nothing without kindness and justice. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, people make a fist when they are angry, determined or ready to punch, but also to "fist-bump" friends. In safety and feelings lessons, we learn to use words, not fists, to sort out problems. In maths, a fist can be used to count months of the year on the knuckles. Phrases: clench your fist, a fist bump, bang your fist, tight-fisted, hand over fist.

### examples

- And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; (Torah EXO.21.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x1)
- Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x2)
- Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. (Prophets ISA.58.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x3)
- He clenched his fist in anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x4)
- We gave each other a fist bump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x5)
- She banged her fist on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x6)
- Use your words, not your fists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x7)
- Count the months on the knuckles of your fist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x8)
- The baby held my finger in her tiny fist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x9)
- And he beat his fists angrily against a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x10)

### note

Countable: a fist, fists. "Tight-fisted" means mean with money. "Make money hand over fist" means make a lot quickly. Don't confuse "fist" with "first".

### In the corpora

- [Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.865/)
- [Gorillas and chimps walk on all fours leaning on their knuckles, while orangutans walk on their fists or the sides of their hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/16-the-great-apes/11/)
- [Imagine one piece of a snake's backbone bigger than your fist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises/0/)
- [The Rat dances in the road shaking his fists at the vanished car: «You villains! ... you roadhogs!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/2/)
- [A red face, clenched fists or a tight jaw and a loud voice are signs of anger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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