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# mouth

«mouth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and…** — 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 (mouth, mouths); verb (mouth, mouths, mouthed — say silently)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and breathing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#m1)

2) An opening or entrance: "the mouth of a cave". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#m2)

3) The place where a river flows into the sea: "the river mouth". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#m3)

4) As a verb, to make the shape of words with your lips without sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: God says he will be "with the mouth" of Moses, who felt he spoke poorly. Tradition teaches that speech is a powerful gift, and the Written Torah and the Oral Torah are said to come "from the mouth" of God. In the primary lessons: In science, digestion begins in the mouth: teeth chew and saliva softens food. In health: brush teeth, don't put small objects or unknown things in your mouth; cover your mouth when you cough. In geography, a river's mouth is where it ends. Phrases: mouth-watering, word of mouth, keep your mouth shut, big mouth.

### examples

- And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x1)
- And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' (Torah GEN.24.57, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x2)
- Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.' (Torah EXO.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x3)
- Set the horn to thy mouth. (Prophets HOS.8.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x4)
- I lay my hand upon my mouth. (Writings JOB.40.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x5)
- After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. (Writings JOB.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x6)
- Open your mouth wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x7)
- Don't talk with your mouth full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x8)
- Cover your mouth when you cough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x9)
- Never put coins in your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x10)
- The river mouth is near the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x11)
- Bats came out of the mouth of the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x12)
- The cake looked mouth-watering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x13)
- She mouthed "thank you" across the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x14)
- Don’t open your mouth to answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x15)

### note

Plural "mouths". Digestion begins in the mouth. A river's "mouth" is its end, not its start (the start is the "source").

### In the corpora

- [And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.100/)
- [And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.682/)
- [And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.852/)
- [Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.90/)
- [And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.721/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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