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# gird

«gird» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to fasten a belt or sword round the body, or to put 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

verb (gird, girds, girded or girt, girding)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) To gird is to fasten a belt or sword round the body, or to put on armour and get ready for battle or a journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To tie a belt or cloth around the waist so one can work, travel or fight. It also means to put on strength. Interpretation: To gird the loins means to be ready. The rabbis read it as readiness for service, and to be girded with sackcloth is a sign of mourning. In the primary lessons: in old tales, a hero girds on his sword before setting out on a quest

### examples

- Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x1)
- But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. (Prophets 1SA.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x2)
- Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty. (Writings PSA.45.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x3)
- The knight girded his sword to his side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x4)
- He girded on his armour and rode off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x5)
- Tom girded on his belt and left the inn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.32/)
- [But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.48/)
- [And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.166/)
- [For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.699/)
- [For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.105/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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