[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/overhang.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / overhang

[← O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/O/)

# overhang

«overhang» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to stick out over something below** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (overhang, overhangs, overhung, overhanging); noun (an overhang, overhangs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To overhang is to stick out over something below. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#m1)

2) An overhang is a part that sticks out over something, like a roof edge or a rock ledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here the extra length of the tent curtains hangs over the back of the Tabernacle. Interpretation: The extra half curtain is read as covering the back of the Tabernacle, so the holy place was fully sheltered. In the primary lessons: In geography, cliffs can have overhangs that may fall, so it is unsafe to stand under or on them. In climbing, an overhang is hard to climb. In houses, the roof overhang keeps rain off the walls.

### examples

- And as for the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth over shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. (Torah EXO.26.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x1)
- The branches overhang the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x2)
- We sheltered under a rock overhang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x3)
- Don't stand on the cliff overhang; it could fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x4)
- The roof has a wide overhang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x5)
- Trees overhanging the road can block the view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x6)
- The climber struggled up the overhang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x7)
- “There is a hazel bush overhanging a secret pool in a secret place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overhang/#x8)

### note

Irregular: overhang, overhung, overhung. (Not "overhanged".) Adjective: overhanging.

### Trees and pragmatics

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