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# hedge

«hedge» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a row of bushes or small trees growing close together…** — 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 hedge, hedges); verb (hedge, hedges, hedged, hedging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees growing close together, forming a living fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#m1)

2) To hedge means to avoid giving a clear answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#m2)

3) To hedge your bets means to protect yourself by choosing more than one option. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To hedge in means to fence someone round so they cannot escape or move, as a hedge of thorns would. Interpretation: Jewish tradition also speaks of "making a fence around the Torah," meaning extra rules that keep people far from breaking a commandment. Here the hedge is mostly a picture of suffering or of God's protection. In the primary lessons: In everyday life hedges line gardens, fields and country lanes, especially in Britain and Ireland; they give homes to birds, hedgehogs and insects. In science lessons hedgerows are habitats. In stories a character might hide behind a hedge or squeeze through a gap. Phrases: «trim the hedge», «hedgerow», «hedge your bets», «hedge a question».

### examples

- To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? (Writings JOB.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x1)
- He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy. (Writings LAM.3.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x2)
- The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even. (Writings PRO.15.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x3)
- We trimmed the hedge in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x4)
- A blackbird nested in the hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x5)
- Hedgehogs often live under hedges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x6)
- The ball went over the hedge into the neighbour's garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x7)
- The lane was lined with tall hedges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x8)
- When asked who broke the vase, he hedged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x9)
- I hedged my bets and brought a coat and sunglasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x10)
- Hedgerows are homes for many animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x11)
- The hedges of rose-bush were old, and the flowers were faded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x12)

### note

Countable: hedges. «Hedgerow» is a long hedge by a field or lane. Safety: hedges by roads can hide cars — look and listen carefully at corners and gates.

### In the corpora

- [The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.429/)
- [Hast not Thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.9/)
- [To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.61/)
- [He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.60/)
- [These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.185/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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