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# jamb

«jamb» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The side post of a door or window frame** — 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 (jambs)

### meaning for a pupil

The side post of a door or window frame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ezekiel it means the side posts of the gates and doorways in the vision of the future Temple. Interpretation: Tradition treats Ezekiel's detailed measurements of the future Temple as a promise that the Temple will be rebuilt. In the primary lessons: in tales a door speaks of the beam fixed in its jambs, which hold it in place

### examples

- As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance. (Prophets EZK.41.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#x1)
- Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof; and he measured the jamb of the gate, one reed broad, and the other jamb, one reed broad. (Prophets EZK.40.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#x2)
- And every cell was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the cells was five cubits; and the jambs of the gate by the porch of the gate within were one reed. (Prophets EZK.40.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#x3)
- The key turned in the lock near the jamb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#x4)
- The door jambs were painted white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#x5)
- He leaned against the door jamb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jamb/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1119/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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