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# selfsame

«selfsame» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **exactly the same** — 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

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

exactly the same [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used to stress that something happened on that very day, as in "the selfsame day." Interpretation: Tradition notes that important events happen "on that very day," such as Abraham's circumcision and the Exodus, showing they are fixed in time.

### examples

- And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying: (Torah DEU.32.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#x1)
- In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. (Torah GEN.17.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#x2)
- And it came to pass the selfsame day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. (Torah EXO.12.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#x3)
- But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end. (Writings PSA.102.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#x4)
- And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn, in the selfsame day. (Prophets JOS.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#x5)
- 'Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; this selfsame day the king of Babylon hath invested Jerusalem. (Prophets EZK.24.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/selfsame/#x6)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.439/)
- [And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.933/)
- [But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1798/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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