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

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

# joist

«joist» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A beam that runs across a building to support the floor…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A beam that runs across a building to support the floor or ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Kings it refers to the beams of cedar used in Solomon's Temple. Interpretation: Tradition sees the cedar and careful work of the Temple as a sign of the honor due to God's house, especially the Holy of Holies.

### examples

- And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place. (Prophets 1KI.6.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joist/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

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