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# knee

«knee» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends** — 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 knee, knees); verb (knee, knees, kneed — to hit with the knee)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#m1)

2) Your lap when you sit: «Sit on my knee». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#m2)

3) The part of trousers that covers the knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#m3)

4) Verb: to hit someone with your knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#m4)

5) Knee-deep means deep enough for the water to reach your knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Being born "upon the knees" means being taken in as one's own child, as with Bilhah's child for Rachel and Joseph's great-grandchildren. In the prophets and writings, weak or trembling knees are a sign of fear and weakness, and Job speaks of the knees that held him as a newborn. Interpretation: The rabbis read it as a sign of adoption and love, in which a grandparent claims children as part of the family. Isaiah's call to make firm the tottering knees is read as encouragement to the discouraged before the redemption. In the primary lessons: In science: the knee is a hinge joint; the kneecap (patella) protects it; muscles and ligaments help it bend. In safety and sport: knee pads for skating and skateboarding; scraped knees from falling — clean and cover them. In manners: kneel down on your knees. Phrases: bend your knees, on your knees, knee pads, kneecap, knee-deep, knee-high, weak at the knees, bring to its knees.

### examples

- And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to the earth. (Torah GEN.48.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x1)
- And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. (Torah GEN.50.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x2)
- And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.' (Torah GEN.30.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x3)
- Why did the knees receive me? (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x4)
- Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees. (Prophets ISA.35.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x5)
- All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water. (Prophets EZK.7.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x6)
- I fell and scraped my knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x7)
- Bend your knees when you land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x8)
- Wear knee pads when you skateboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x9)
- The toddler sat on Grandpa's knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x10)
- The water was knee-deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x11)
- There's a hole in the knee of my jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x12)
- Your kneecap protects the front of your knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x13)
- Kneel on one knee to tie your shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x14)
- Little Christina sat on Ib's knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/knee/#x15)

### note

Countable: knees. The k is silent: say «nee». «Kneel» (to go down on your knees): past knelt or kneeled. Knees bend only one way, like a hinge.

### In the corpora

- [And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1588/)
- [Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.727/)
- [All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.136/)
- [Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1256/)
- [O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1705/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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