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# oak

«oak» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a big tree with hard wood that can live for hundreds of…** — 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 (oak, oaks; also oak tree); adjective (made of oak)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An oak is a big tree with hard wood that can live for hundreds of years. Its nuts are called acorns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#m1)

2) Oak is the strong wood from this tree, used for furniture and floors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, an oak is a large tree often marking a burial place or a holy meeting spot. The prophets name the oaks of Bashan as tall, strong trees, used to stand for proud, mighty things, and their wood was used for ship oars. Interpretation: The oak under which Deborah was buried was named Allon-bacuth, "oak of weeping," and tradition sees it as a mark of deep mourning. The prophets' picture of the oaks of Bashan falling is read as God bringing down the proud. In the primary lessons: trees counted; heights, acorns, rows of trees; in science: oaks lose their leaves in autumn, acorns grow into new oaks, many insects and birds live in an oak; in stories: a great old oak in the forest; saying: «great oaks from little acorns grow» (big things start small)

### examples

- And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth. (Torah GEN.35.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x1)
- And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan; (Prophets ISA.2.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x2)
- Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, from the isles of the Kittites. (Prophets EZK.27.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x3)
- Wail, O cypress-tree, for the cedar is fallen; because the glorious ones are spoiled; wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down. (Prophets ZEC.11.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x4)
- The park has 14 oaks and 9 pines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x5)
- The oak is 20 metres tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x6)
- A squirrel hides 30 acorns from the oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x7)
- They plant oaks in 4 rows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x8)
- The old oak tree is over 300 years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x9)
- This table is made of oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x10)
- Oak leaves have wavy edges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x11)
- Great oaks from little acorns grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x12)
- ‘I did; this old wide-spreading oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oak/#x13)

### note

A thing counted; trap: when asked for all trees, add oaks to the other trees. «An oak» (an before a vowel sound). As wood, «oak» is uncountable (made of oak).

### In the corpora

- [And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.45/)
- [Cork comes from the thick bark of the cork oak, peeled about every 9 years without killing the tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/60-trees/9/)
- [Here is the surprise: a huge oak does not eat soil to grow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air/5/)
- [The hairs of some caterpillars, such as the oak processionary, cause rashes, so you do not touch hairy caterpillars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/19/)
- [Burning poison ivy or oak sends the oil into the smoke, which can hurt your lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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