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# latchet

«latchet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An old word for a strap or lace that fastens a shoe or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

An old word for a strap or lace that fastens a shoe or sandal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/latchet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Abram uses a shoe-latchet as the smallest possible thing to refuse from the king of Sodom. Isaiah uses a broken latchet as a picture of an army so strong and ready that nothing about it fails. Interpretation: Tradition praises Abram for refusing any reward, so that no one could say he was made rich by anyone but God.

### examples

- that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/latchet/#x1)
- None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken; (Prophets ISA.5.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/latchet/#x2)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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