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# mote

«mote» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A tiny speck of dust** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A tiny speck of dust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mote/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah says the isles are as light as a mote. In weight the nations count for almost nothing. Interpretation: The verse is read as showing God's greatness. All the nations are small before Him.

### examples

- Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold the isles are as a mote in weight. (Prophets ISA.40.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mote/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

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