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# forger

«forger» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who makes things, especially a smith who shapes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A person who makes things, especially a smith who shapes metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forger/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means one who hammers and shapes metal. Tubal-cain was the first metalworker. Interpretation: Tradition sees Tubal-cain as the beginning of metalworking, an early human skill that could be used for good or for making weapons.

### examples

- And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. (Torah GEN.4.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forger/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

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