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# gristle

«gristle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gristle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it describes the strength of the huge beast Behemoth. Interpretation: Tradition reads Behemoth as a great beast showing God's power in creation. Some say it is saved for the righteous in the world to come.

### examples

- His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron. (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gristle/#x1)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1112/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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