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# sepulchre

«sepulchre» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a…** — 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 (sepulchre, sepulchres) (old use, in fairy tales)

### meaning for a pupil

A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for the grave where the dead are buried, such as Sarah's burial place in Hebron. Interpretation: Moses's burial place is unknown "unto this day," and tradition says it was hidden so that it would not become a shrine. In the primary lessons: in old tales, a hidden tomb, often with a secret door or trap-door, where a dead person lies

### examples

- And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. (Torah DEU.34.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x1)
- 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.' (Torah GEN.23.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x2)
- Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. (Prophets JER.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x3)
- And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. (Prophets 2SA.2.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x4)
- And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. (Prophets 2KI.21.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x5)
- The knight dug beside the old sepulchre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x6)
- Inside the sepulchre lay a stone box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x7)
- Beneath the sepulchre he found a trap-door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sepulchre/#x8)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.66/)
- [And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.677/)
- [Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.152/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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