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# moat

«moat» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a moat, moats)

### meaning for a pupil

A moat is a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually filled with water, to keep enemies out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A moat is a ditch around a city wall. The dogs eating Jezebel there shows the prophecy against her coming true. Interpretation: Elijah's word about Jezebel is read as proof that the prophet's warnings come true. It is a lesson about the punishment of Ahab's house. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, moats protected medieval castles together with a drawbridge and walls. Zoos sometimes use moats to keep animals in. In business talk, a "moat" is an advantage that protects a company from rivals.

### examples

- And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel. (Prophets 1KI.21.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x1)
- And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. (Prophets 2SA.20.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x2)
- The castle was surrounded by a moat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x3)
- The knights lowered the drawbridge over the moat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x4)
- Enemies could not cross the deep moat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x5)
- Ducks swim in the old moat now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x6)
- We drew a castle with a moat around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x7)
- The lions' enclosure has a moat instead of a fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x8)
- Its doors are of iron, and round it runs a deep moat, spanned by no bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moat/#x9)

### note

Countable. Homophone: "mote" (a tiny speck of dust) sounds the same. Do not confuse with "boat".

### In the corpora

- [And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.795/)
- [Great apes do not swim naturally and can drown, so zoos use water moats around ape islands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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