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# groats

«groats» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural only)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#m1)

2) An old English coin worth four pence. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It names crushed new grain from the fresh ear, given as the first-fruit offering. In the Prophets and Writings it is plain crushed grain: a woman strews it over a well's mouth to hide David's messengers, and a proverb speaks of a fool pounded in a mortar among groats. Interpretation: This is the meal offering of the first fruits, brought with oil and frankincense. Part of it is burned as a reminder, and the priests eat the rest. The proverb is read as teaching that a stubborn fool does not change even under harsh treatment. In the primary lessons: in tales, groats are grain for food or old coins paid as money

### examples

- And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear. (Torah LEV.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x1)
- And the priest shall make the memorial-part of it smoke, even of the groats thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.2.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x2)
- And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known. (Prophets 2SA.17.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x3)
- Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x4)
- She made groats for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x5)
- Jan carried a bag of groats home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x6)
- Long ago, a groat was a coin worth four pence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x7)

### note

if groats are coins, each groat is worth 4 pence, so multiply the number of groats by 4; if they are grain, nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.499/)
- [Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.799/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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