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# flowing

«flowing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **moving along smoothly, as water does in a river** — 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

verb form (flow, flows, flowed, flowing); adjective (flowing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flowing means moving along smoothly, as water does in a river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#m1)

2) Flowing can describe hair, clothes or lines that are long, smooth and loose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#m2)

3) Flowing speech or writing goes on smoothly without stopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In "a land flowing with milk and honey" it means a rich and fruitful land. Interpretation: Tradition reads milk as from goats and honey as from fruits like dates and figs. It is the promise for the land of Israel. In the primary lessons: In science and geography, water is flowing in rivers from high ground to the sea; liquids flow but solids keep their shape. Electricity flowing in a circuit is called current. In safety, flowing water is stronger than it looks: never cross a flowing river or a flooded road, and stay out of storm drains. In writing, joined-up handwriting should be flowing. Phrases: free-flowing, flowing water, flowing hair.

### examples

- And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. (Torah DEU.26.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x1)
- unto a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee in the way.' (Torah EXO.33.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x2)
- and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. (Torah DEU.11.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x3)
- Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x4)
- He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd. (Writings JOB.20.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x5)
- Thou art a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon. (Writings SNG.4.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x6)
- The river is flowing towards the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x7)
- Water keeps flowing down the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x8)
- Flowing water in a flood can sweep a car away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x9)
- Her long flowing hair blew in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x10)
- Electric current is flowing round the circuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x11)
- Honey is flowing slowly off the spoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x12)
- The princess wore a flowing gown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x13)
- His writing was neat and flowing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x14)
- Now in came the South Wind, with a turban and a flowing Bedouin cloak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flowing/#x15)

### note

Flow is regular: flowed, flowing. Do not confuse «flowed» with «flown» (from fly). Liquids and gases flow; this is how scientists tell them from solids. Fast-flowing water is dangerous even when shallow.

### In the corpora

- [And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.689/)
- [Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.520/)
- [and gavest them this land, which Thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.897/)
- [Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1268/)
- [The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; a flowing brook, a fountain of wisdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.508/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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