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# sheepfold

«sheepfold» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a pen or small fenced place where sheep are kept safe at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sheepfold, sheepfolds)

### meaning for a pupil

A sheepfold is a pen or small fenced place where sheep are kept safe at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales the place where the flock sleeps, which a wolf or thief must not get into

### examples

- And they came near unto him, and said: 'We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones; (Torah NUM.32.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x1)
- He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; (Writings PSA.78.70, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x2)
- Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x3)
- When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold. (Writings PSA.68.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x4)
- The shepherd locked the gate of the sheepfold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x5)
- The lamb ran back to the sheepfold before dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x6)
- A fox must not be let into the sheepfold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheepfold/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.137/)
- [He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1397/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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