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# ledge

«ledge» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a narrow, flat shelf sticking out from a wall, cliff or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a ledge, ledges)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ledge is a narrow, flat shelf sticking out from a wall, cliff or window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#m1)

2) A window ledge (or windowsill) is the shelf at the bottom of a window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The ledge was a shelf running around the bronze altar, with a bronze net grating beneath it. In the primary lessons: Used in stories (climbing, rescues), nature (birds nest on cliff ledges), home (plants on the window ledge). Safety: do not climb onto ledges or lean out of windows.

### examples

- And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x1)
- And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x2)
- A bird built its nest on the cliff ledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x3)
- Put the plant on the window ledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x4)
- The climber rested on a narrow ledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x5)
- The cat sat on the ledge watching birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x6)
- Never stand on a high ledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x7)
- The book fell off the ledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x8)
- The red in his eye had caught sight of Peter’s medicine standing on a ledge within easy reach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ledge/#x9)

### note

Countable. «Window ledge» (UK) ~ «windowsill». «Talk someone off the ledge» is an idiom: calm someone down.

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.782/)
- [And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1156/)
- [They find the Mock Turtle sitting sad and lonely on a ledge of rock, sighing as if his heart would break.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/3/)
- [Quarry water is very cold and deep and has hidden machinery and ledges, and people drown in it every summer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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