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# probe

«probe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a spacecraft with no people in it, sent to explore…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a probe, probes); verb (probe, probes, probed, probing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A space probe is a spacecraft with no people in it, sent to explore planets and space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#m1)

2) A probe is a thin tool used to examine or measure something, for example a temperature probe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#m2)

3) To probe means to look into something carefully or ask lots of questions to find out the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#m3)

4) To probe can also mean to push a tool or finger into something to explore it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means to examine deeply by thinking. Interpretation: The text tells the student to test and probe the ten sefirot with Wisdom and Understanding, so study is active inquiry. In the primary lessons: Science and space: probes have flown past every planet in our solar system and sent back photos. In science practicals: a temperature probe connected to a computer records readings. In stories and news: police or reporters probe a mystery. Phrases: space probe, a probe into, probe deeper, temperature probe.

### examples

- Test with them and probe of them (and form and think). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x1)
- Understand with Wisdom and become wise with Understanding; test with them and probe of them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x2)
- A space probe sent back pictures of Saturn's rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x3)
- We used a temperature probe in the science lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x4)
- The dentist probed my tooth gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x5)
- Detectives probed the mystery of the missing jewels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x6)
- The bird probed the mud with its long beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x7)
- The probe landed on a comet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/probe/#x8)

### note

Verb past: probed, -ing: probing. «Probing questions» are careful, searching questions. A probe has no astronauts on board — that is a key difference from a crewed spaceship.

### In the corpora

- [Long legs let cranes wade in marshes and tall grass, and a long bill probes the mud for food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/13/)
- [Japanese probes brought back dust from the asteroids Itokawa and Ryugu, and NASA's OSIRIS-REx returned samples from Bennu in 2023.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/12/)
- [In 2005 the European Huygens probe parachuted onto Titan, the most distant landing ever made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/13-saturns-moons/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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