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# pul

«pul» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small coin of Afghanistan: 100 puls make one afghani…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pul, puls or puli — rare); fragment

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small coin of Afghanistan: 100 puls make one afghani; today it is hardly used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#m1)

2) (Persian, Dari) The word for «money» in Persian and Dari; it is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#m2)

3) Often just a misspelling or cut-off piece of «pull» or a name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Pul is the name by which the Bible calls the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser. Menahem paid him silver to keep his support. In the primary lessons: It is not a normal English word. It can turn up in maths puzzles about world money, or in a text as a typing slip for «pull». Honest entry: if you see «pul», check whether «pull» was meant.

### examples

- There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. (Prophets 2KI.15.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#x1)
- One afghani is worth one hundred puls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#x2)
- The old coin in the museum was an Afghan pul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#x3)
- In Persian, «pul» means money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#x4)
- The sign said «PUL» but someone had rubbed off the last L of «PULL». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#x5)
- Pul coins are so small in value that people rarely use them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pul/#x6)

### note

Plural forms vary: puls or puli. In English text «pul» is most often a typo for «pull» (to move something towards you). Maths: 1 afghani = 100 pul, like 1 pound = 100 pence.

### In the corpora

- [un pull ("PUL") is a jumper, borrowed from the English word pullover and made shorter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/17-clothes/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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