[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/plucked.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/) / plucked [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/P/) # plucked «plucked» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **pulled off or picked with the fingers, as in plucked…** — 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 verb (past and past participle of «pluck»: pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); adjective (plucked) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Plucked means pulled off or picked with the fingers, as in plucked flowers or fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#m1) 2) Plucked means having had the feathers pulled out, as in a plucked chicken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#m2) 3) Plucked means played by pulling and letting go of the strings, as on a guitar or harp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#m3) 4) Plucked can mean pulled quickly out of somewhere, as in «plucked from the sea» by a rescuer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#m4) 5) If someone plucked up courage, they made themselves brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Plucked means pulled off or out. In Job and Proverbs, being plucked up means being torn out and removed, like the wicked from the land or a tent-cord pulled loose. Interpretation: Tradition reads the fresh olive leaf as a sign of hope and also bitterness, a dove bringing peace after the Flood. The wicked being plucked up from the land is read as the end of those who turn from justice. In the primary lessons: In music lessons, plucked string instruments (guitar, harp, ukulele) are compared with bowed ones (violin, cello). In stories, «plucked up the courage» shows a nervous character being brave. In news, a helicopter crew «plucked» people from a flood. Phrases: «plucked up courage», «plucked from obscurity», «plucked eyebrows», «plucked a string». ### examples - And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x1) - Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x2) - And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth. (Writings JOB.29.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x3) - But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it. (Writings PRO.2.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x4) - She plucked an apple from the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x5) - Finally, Tom plucked up the courage to ask for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x6) - The harpist plucked the strings gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x7) - The farmer plucked the chicken before cooking it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x8) - A lifeboat crew plucked the fisherman from the waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x9) - He plucked a number out of thin air as a guess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x10) - The guitar's plucked notes echoed round the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x11) - They had plucked out all their feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/#x12) ### note Regular past form of «pluck». «Pluck» as a noun also means courage (she showed pluck); «plucky» means brave. Do not confuse with «plugged». ### In the corpora - [Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.520/) - [But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.55/) - [Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.88/) - [That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.459/) - [He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.476/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «plucked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plucked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.