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# morsel

«morsel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small piece or bite of food** — 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 (a morsel, morsels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small piece or bite of food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#m1)

2) A small amount of anything: «not a morsel of sense». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Abraham offers only "a morsel of bread" but then prepares a full meal for the three visitors. Tradition praises him for saying little and doing much, as a model of welcoming guests. Job says he never ate his morsel alone without sharing with the fatherless, and Proverbs prefers a dry morsel in peace to a feast with strife. In the primary lessons: In stories hungry characters search for a morsel to eat; animals snatch tasty morsels. In everyday talk «a tasty morsel» is a small delicious bite. In The Wind in the Willows the animals share every morsel at their feasts.

### examples

- And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.' And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.' (Torah GEN.18.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x1)
- Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof — (Writings JOB.31.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x2)
- The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. (Writings PRO.23.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x3)
- Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife. (Writings PRO.17.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x4)
- The bird pecked up every morsel of bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x5)
- The hungry boy had not eaten a morsel all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x6)
- Rat offered Mole a tasty morsel from the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x7)
- The dog waited for a morsel to fall from the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x8)
- There was not a morsel left on the plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x9)
- She did not have a morsel of fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x10)
- Have you a morsel of bread?’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/morsel/#x11)

### note

Countable: a morsel, morsels. Similar: bite, scrap, crumb, titbit (UK) / tidbit (US).

### In the corpora

- [Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.477/)
- [The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.512/)
- [The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.656/)
- [The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.771/)
- [Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.798/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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