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# nitre

«nitre» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A salty mineral, a kind of soda, that people used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A salty mineral, a kind of soda, that people used for washing and cleaning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nitre/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophet says that even strong cleaning cannot wash away Israel's sin, which God still sees. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as meaning that real cleansing comes through repentance, not through outward washing.

### examples

- For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets JER.2.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nitre/#x1)
- As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. (Writings PRO.25.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nitre/#x2)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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