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# scabbard

«scabbard» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when…** — 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 (scabbards)

### meaning for a pupil

The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when it is not being used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scabbard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The sheath for a sword. In Jeremiah the sword of the LORD is told to return to its scabbard and rest. Interpretation: The prophet's picture is read as a plea for war to end, with God's judgment as the sword that cannot rest until its work is done. In the primary lessons: in stories a sword is pushed into or drawn out of its scabbard; a knight's scabbard may be jewelled

### examples

- Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. (Prophets JER.47.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scabbard/#x1)
- The sword slid quietly into the scabbard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scabbard/#x2)
- The jewels in the scabbard are splendid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scabbard/#x3)
- He wore a gold scabbard at his belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scabbard/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1233/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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