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# pour

«pour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring…** — 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 (pour, pours, poured, pouring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To pour is to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring water into a glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#m1)

2) Rain pours when it rains very hard: «It's pouring». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#m2)

3) To pour (in, out) can mean lots of people or things move fast: crowds poured out of the stadium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Pouring the anointing oil on Aaron's head made him high priest. Pouring out blood showed respect for life, which belongs to God. The eye "poured out" in Lamentations is a picture of endless weeping. In the primary lessons: In maths: liquid moved from one container to another: one gets less, the other more; pouring equal amounts into cups means divide; measuring capacity in ml and litres. In science: pouring liquids carefully, pouring sand vs water. In the kitchen: pouring milk, pouring batter. In stories: «rain poured down», «letters poured in».

### examples

- Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering. (Torah LEV.2.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x1)
- Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. (Torah DEU.12.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x2)
- Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. (Torah EXO.29.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x3)
- So they poured out for the men to eat. (Prophets 2KI.4.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x4)
- Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, (Writings JOB.38.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x5)
- Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, (Writings LAM.3.49, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x6)
- She pours 200 ml of milk into a glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x7)
- He poured 2 liters out of the jug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x8)
- Pour equal amounts into 4 cups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x9)
- How much water is left after she pours 3 cups? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x10)
- It's pouring outside, so take your raincoat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x11)
- Pour the batter into the cake tin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x12)
- Fans poured into the stadium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x13)
- Ask an adult to pour hot water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x14)
- Into another similar bottle she poured some good wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pour/#x15)

### note

Pouring out = subtract from the first container; pouring in = add to the second. Equal amounts into cups = divide. Trap: the total amount of liquid does not change. Homophones: pore (a tiny hole in skin) and poor (having little money). Safety: let an adult pour boiling water.

### In the corpora

- [Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.848/)
- [Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.22/)
- [And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.186/)
- [And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.384/)
- [And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.395/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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