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# laver

«laver» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in…** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in the Tabernacle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The priests washed their hands and feet in the laver before serving at the altar or entering the Tent. Tradition sees this as a lesson in being clean before holy work. In Solomon's Temple there were ten smaller lavers on wheeled bases, each holding forty baths of water.

### examples

- And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. (Torah EXO.40.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x1)
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.31.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x2)
- and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. (Torah EXO.30.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x3)
- and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x4)
- He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; (Writings 2CH.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x5)
- And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (Prophets 1KI.7.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laver/#x6)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.916/)
- [and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.935/)
- [the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1222/)
- [And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1234/)
- [And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1238/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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