[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/leaf.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/) / leaf [← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/L/) # leaf «leaf» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **one of the flat, usually green parts that grow on a plant…** — 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 (leaf, leaves); verb (leaf through, leafs, leafed, leafing) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A leaf is one of the flat, usually green parts that grow on a plant or tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#m1) 2) A leaf is also one sheet of paper in a book, with a page on each side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#m2) 3) To leaf through a book is to turn its pages quickly without reading closely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#m3) 4) A leaf of a table is an extra flat piece that makes it bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A leaf is also used as a picture of weakness or ruin, such as a driven leaf or a fading terebinth, and the doors of the Temple had "leaves", meaning the folding panels of a door. Interpretation: Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves into clothes, and the dove brought Noah an olive leaf, which is seen as a sign of peace and new life. Job's "driven leaf" is read as the human being, frail before God, and Isaiah's fading leaf as a warning to those who turn from Him. In the primary lessons: In maths, leaves are things counted on plants or trees; leaves per plant is a group size, and falling leaves are taken away. In science, leaves make food for the plant from sunlight, water and air (photosynthesis), and many trees drop their leaves in autumn (fall). Phrases: «turn over a new leaf» (start behaving better), «take a leaf out of someone's book» (copy their good example). ### examples - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles. (Torah GEN.3.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x1) - And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x2) - Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x3) - For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. (Prophets ISA.1.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x4) - And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other. (Prophets EZK.41.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x5) - The plant has 12 leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x6) - 5 leaves fell off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x7) - Each clover has 3 leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x8) - How many leaves are on 4 clovers? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x9) - In autumn the maple leaves turn red and orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x10) - Leaves use sunlight to make food for the plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x11) - We raked the leaves into a big pile and jumped in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x12) - She leafed through the comic book in the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x13) - A four-leaf clover is said to bring good luck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x14) - He promised to turn over a new leaf and do his homework on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x15) - Round about him, not a leaf stirred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/#x16) ### note The plural is «leaves», which is also a form of the verb «leave» (he leaves at eight). The verb «to leaf» has «leafs, leafed». Evergreen trees keep their leaves all year. Maths: leaves per plant × plants gives the total; falling leaves subtract. ### In the corpora - [For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.31/) - [Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.336/) - [Green algae grow in a sloth's fur and help to hide it among the leaves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/2-the-rainforest-from-the-top/9/) - [Leafcutter ants do not eat the leaves they carry: they chew them to grow a fungus garden underground and eat the fungus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/9/) - [An onion is a bulb whose layers are swollen leaves storing food for next year's growth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/13/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «leaf» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/leaf/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.