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# foot

«foot» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the part of your leg you stand on** — 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 (foot, feet); verb (foot the bill — pay)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A foot is the part of your leg you stand on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#m1)

2) A foot is a unit of length, about as long as a ruler; a foot is 12 inches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#m2)

3) The foot of something is its bottom: «the foot of the hill». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#m3)

4) On foot means walking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It includes the feet that must be washed before priestly service, and "foot for foot" in the law of damage. Interpretation: "Eye for eye" is read by tradition as meaning payment of money for the harm. Priests washed hands and feet before entering the holy place. In the primary lessons: a unit of length (feet tall, feet long), or the feet of people and animals; a foot is 12 inches and a yard is 3 feet; phrases: «on foot», «feet tall», «feet long», «at the foot of», «put your foot down» (be firm)

### examples

- or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, (Torah LEV.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x1)
- eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (Torah EXO.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x2)
- And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat; (Torah EXO.30.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x3)
- Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem; (Writings PSA.122.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x4)
- He subdueth peoples under us, and nations under our feet. (Writings PSA.47.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x5)
- I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? (Writings SNG.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x6)
- The tree is 25 feet tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x7)
- The fence is 40 feet long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x8)
- One foot is 12 inches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x9)
- The frog jumped 10 feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x10)
- We go to school on foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x11)
- A duck has webbed feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x12)
- They camped at the foot of the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x13)
- A yard is 3 feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x14)
- Charney trembled from head to foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x15)

### note

«A foot is 12 inches.» «A yard is 3 feet.» Plural: feet (not «foots»). A unit of length, not a thing counted. Trap: feet and inches must be changed to one unit before adding or comparing. Short form: ft.

### In the corpora

- [Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.444/)
- [And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.348/)
- [eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.603/)
- [And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.907/)
- [that Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet thereat;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1258/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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