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# sheepcote

«sheepcote» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An old word for a small shelter or pen where sheep are kept** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

An old word for a small shelter or pen where sheep are kept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepcote/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is where Saul entered a cave, and where God says He took David from following the sheep to make him prince. Interpretation: Tradition sees David's shepherd start as training for kingship, since caring for sheep taught him to care for a people.

### examples

- And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. (Prophets 1SA.24.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepcote/#x1)
- Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto My servant David: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over My people Israel; (Writings 1CH.17.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepcote/#x2)
- Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto My servant David: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over My people, over Israel. (Prophets 2SA.7.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepcote/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.698/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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