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# maul

«maul» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To attack and hurt badly with claws and teeth, as a bear…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (maul, mauls, mauled, mauling); noun (a maul, mauls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To attack and hurt badly with claws and teeth, as a bear or big cat might. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#m1)

2) To handle something or someone roughly: the toddler mauled the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#m2)

3) (informal) To beat a team or person very heavily, or to criticise strongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#m3)

4) (noun, rugby) A group of players pushing together around the player holding the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#m4)

5) (noun) A heavy hammer for splitting wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Proverbs compares a false witness to a maul, a sword and a sharp arrow. In Jeremiah God calls His people His maul to smash kingdoms. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that false witness does great harm, as much as a weapon. Jeremiah's image shows God using a nation as a tool. In the primary lessons: In news and safety lessons, «mauled by a dog/bear» warns of animal attacks. In sports reports a team that loses badly is «mauled». In rugby, a maul is a set play. Phrases: mauled by, mauled to death (news), rolling maul.

### examples

- As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. (Writings PRO.25.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x1)
- Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; (Prophets JER.51.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x2)
- A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! — (Prophets NAM.2.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x3)
- The hiker was mauled by a bear but survived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x4)
- Never tease a dog; it might maul you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x5)
- Stop mauling the bread with your dirty hands! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x6)
- Our team got mauled ten-nil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x7)
- The critics mauled the new film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x8)
- The rugby players formed a maul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x9)
- Dad split the logs with a maul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x10)
- The cat mauled my toy mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maul/#x11)

### note

Regular verb: mauled. Do not confuse with «mall» (shopping centre), which sounds the same in many accents (homophone in much of the USA). Safety: stay calm and move away slowly from an angry animal; tell an adult.

### In the corpora

- [As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.739/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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