[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/jam.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / jam

[← J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/J/)

# jam

«jam» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a sweet food made from fruit and sugar that you spread 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

noun (jam, jams); verb (jam, jams, jammed, jamming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Jam is a sweet food made from fruit and sugar that you spread on bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#m1)

2) A traffic jam is when many cars are stuck and cannot move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#m2)

3) To jam is to get stuck or to push something tightly into a space: the door jammed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#m3)

4) A jam is a difficult situation: in a jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#m4)

5) To jam is also to play music together freely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Latin quotation, "jam" is not the fruit food but the Latin word for "now" or "already". It appears in a Latin sentence quoted by an English translator. In the primary lessons: In maths: jars of jam are counted, weighed or shared; a traffic jam adds time to a trip. In science and cooking: fruit boiled with sugar becomes jam. Everyday life: jam sandwiches, toast and jam. Safety: if a machine or printer jams, ask an adult and turn it off. Phrases: strawberry jam, traffic jam, in a jam, jam-packed, paper jam.

### examples

- Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x1)
- Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et [p. 12] profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus." Johannes Pistorius. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x2)
- Mom made 6 jars of jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x3)
- Each jar holds 250 grams of jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x4)
- They sat in a traffic jam for 20 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x5)
- She spreads jam on 8 slices of bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x6)
- I like toast with strawberry jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x7)
- The printer has a paper jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x8)
- The drawer jammed and would not open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x9)
- The bus was jam-packed with fans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x10)
- I am in a jam: I forgot my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x11)
- “And after the cauliflower, some cake and jam.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jam/#x12)

### note

Food «jam» is uncountable: some jam, a jar of jam. In the USA «jelly» often means jam; in the UK «jelly» is a wobbly pudding. Jam is the thing counted (jars, spoons, grams). A traffic jam adds extra minutes to the time of a trip.

### In the corpora

- [Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/15/)
- [Maddie felt puzzled and a bit self-conscious; she checked her face for jam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/2/)
- [Jam is la confiture; préservatif is an embarrassing false friend and does not mean jam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/35-false-friends/7/)
- [A jammed finger should not be pulled hard; one that looks bent or will not straighten needs an X-ray.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/14/)
- [Car engines need oil; without it their metal parts would rub, heat up and seize (jam solid).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/7-living-with-friction/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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