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# furbish

«furbish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To polish and clean a weapon until it shines** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To polish and clean a weapon until it shines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furbish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to make a sword or spear bright and ready for battle. In Ezekiel the sword stands for God's coming judgment. Interpretation: The tradition reads the polished sword as a warning that the punishment was ready. The prophet calls the people to turn back before it falls.

### examples

- 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished: (Prophets EZK.21.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furbish/#x1)
- Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail. (Prophets JER.46.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furbish/#x2)
- And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled; the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. (Prophets EZK.21.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furbish/#x3)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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