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# scar

«scar» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a mark left on your skin after a cut, burn or wound has…** — 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

noun (a scar, scars); verb (scar, scars, scarred, scarring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A scar is a mark left on your skin after a cut, burn or wound has healed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#m1)

2) A scar is also a lasting sign of a bad experience, in feelings or on land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#m2)

3) To scar means to leave a scar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The priest uses a scar as a sign that the person is clean. Job says God "scares" him with dreams, meaning He terrifies him. In the primary lessons: In health lessons scars show how the body heals itself; in stories a scar can tell part of a character's past (like Harry Potter's lightning scar). Phrases: «leave a scar», «a deep scar», «scarred for life».

### examples

- But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (Torah LEV.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x1)
- Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions; (Writings JOB.7.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x2)
- I have a scar on my knee from falling off my bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x3)
- The cut healed but left a scar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x4)
- Harry Potter has a scar on his forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x5)
- Scars often fade over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x6)
- The forest fire scarred the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x7)
- Don't pick scabs, or they might scar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x8)
- The cat had a scar on its ear from a fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x9)
- Many a wound I got from men, many a sorrowful scar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x10)

### note

Countable. Double r: scarred, scarring. Trap: «scar» vs «scare» — scarred (had a scar) vs scared (frightened). A scab comes first, then the skin heals, sometimes leaving a scar.

### In the corpora

- [Sperm whales dive deep to hunt giant squid, and many sperm whales carry round scars left by the squid's suckers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/15/)
- [Scratching chickenpox spots can cause infection and scars, so keep nails short and use the cooling lotion an adult gives you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill/16/)
- [Do not pick a scab, because it protects the new skin underneath and picking can cause scars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/10/)
- [Wash spots gently twice a day and do not squeeze them, because squeezing can cause scars and infection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/14/)
- [Kieran rolled up his sleeve to show his scar from a street fight like it was a medal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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