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# galley

«galley» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the kitchen on a ship, boat or plane** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a galley, galleys)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A galley is the kitchen on a ship, boat or plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#m1)

2) (history) A galley was a long ship moved mainly by many oars, often rowed by slaves or prisoners, used by ancient Greeks, Romans and in the Mediterranean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#m2)

3) (printing) A galley (or galley proof) is a long first printing of a text, used to check for mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An ancient ship moved by oars, a warship or trading ship. Interpretation: Isaiah promises that God's glory will protect Jerusalem, so no enemy fleet will reach it. The tradition reads this as the safety of the redeemed Zion. In the primary lessons: In history lessons galleys appear with the Romans, Vikings (longships are similar) and sea battles. In stories about ships, the cook works in the galley. On a plane, the flight attendants prepare food in the galley. Phrases: «galley slave», «ship's galley».

### examples

- But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. (Prophets ISA.33.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x1)
- The cook made soup in the ship's galley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x2)
- Roman galleys had rows of oars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x3)
- Galley slaves rowed in chains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x4)
- The flight attendant went to the galley to get drinks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x5)
- The narrow galley on our boat had a tiny stove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x6)
- Pirates attacked the galley near the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x7)
- "Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galley/#x8)

### note

Countable: a galley, galleys (y → s after a vowel). Do not confuse with «gallery» (a place for art) or «gully» (a small valley). A galley kitchen in a house is a narrow kitchen like a ship's.

### In the corpora

- [Mediterranean galleys were often rowed by prisoners, captives and enslaved people, on both Christian and Muslim sides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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