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# footstool

«footstool» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A low stool or small padded seat for resting your feet on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a footstool, footstools)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A low stool or small padded seat for resting your feet on when you sit in a chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#m1)

2) (Bible, figurative) something under someone's feet, showing power: «the earth is my footstool». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Bible calls the earth, or the Temple and Ark, God's footstool, a picture of God's greatness as king. In Psalm 110 it means the enemies are made to bow. Interpretation: Tradition reads the Temple as the place where God's presence touches earth. Psalm 110 is understood by Jews as speaking of David or a king of Israel. In the primary lessons: Everyday furniture word in homes, especially older ones. In stories it often appears by the fire in a cosy room, like the Badger's kitchen. In the Bible God says «heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool», meaning God is greater than the whole world.

### examples

- Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool. (Writings PSA.132.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x1)
- Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He. (Writings PSA.99.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x2)
- The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.' (Writings PSA.110.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x3)
- Grandpa rested his feet on the footstool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x4)
- The cat slept on the footstool by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x5)
- She sat on a footstool to read to the little ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x6)
- Badger pulled up a footstool for Mole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x7)
- The footstool had a velvet top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x8)
- I stood on the footstool to reach the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x9)
- «The earth is my footstool,» says the Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x10)
- If you like, you may sit down on it, and be my little queen, and I will sit on the footstool." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x11)

### note

Compound noun: foot + stool. Plural: footstools. Standing on a footstool to reach high things can be unsafe; ask for help.

### In the corpora

- [Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1750/)
- [The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2047/)
- [Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2438/)
- [Chee!» The Woman jumps onto a footstool and begs the Cat to eat it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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