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# hammer

«hammer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for…** — 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

noun (a hammer, hammers); verb (hammer, hammers, hammered, hammering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#m1)

2) (verb) To hit something with a hammer or hit it hard again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#m2)

3) (verb) To beat someone easily in a game (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#m3)

4) A heavy metal ball on a wire thrown in sport (the hammer throw). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#m4)

5) A small part inside the ear or a piano that hits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#m5)

6) Hammer and tongs means working or fighting with great energy and noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for a tool in building and idol making, and as a picture of a mighty ruler who smashes the nations. Babylon is called "the hammer of the whole earth." Interpretation: Tradition reads Jeremiah as showing that even the mightiest empire is only a tool in God's hand and will be broken in time. In the primary lessons: In crafts and woodwork, the hammer is a basic tool; safety: hold the nail carefully, keep fingers clear, wear goggles. In science, a hammer is a simple machine and a force. In everyday talk, rain «hammers» on the roof. Phrases: «hammer in a nail», «hammer on the door», «hammer out an agreement».

### examples

- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x1)
- And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers. (Writings PSA.74.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x2)
- They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Prophets JER.10.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x3)
- Dad used a hammer to put up the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x4)
- Hold the nail steady and tap it with the hammer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x5)
- The rain hammered on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x6)
- Someone was hammering on the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x7)
- Our team got hammered 6–0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x8)
- Watch your fingers when you use a hammer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x9)
- The judge banged a small hammer called a gavel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x10)
- “Odds, bobs, hammer and tongs, I hear you.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hammer/#x11)

### note

Countable: hammers. Past: hammered. Double «m». «Hammer» as «beat in a game» is informal.

### In the corpora

- [They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.300/)
- [Is not My word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.649/)
- [How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1353/)
- [And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1257/)
- [Woodpeckers hammer wood up to about 20 times a second to find grubs, dig nests and drum to claim a territory.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/35-birds-of-every-kind/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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