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# skin

«skin» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The outer covering of a person's or animal's body** — 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 (skin, skins); verb (skin, skins, skinned, skinning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The outer covering of a person's or animal's body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#m1)

2) The outer layer of a fruit or vegetable: "banana skin". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#m2)

3) A thin layer that forms on top of a liquid: "skin on hot milk". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#m3)

4) As a verb, to scrape the skin off: "I skinned my knee." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah skin can be the covering of the Tabernacle (rams' skins and sealskins) or the skin of the body, where a disease might show. Interpretation: Priests judged skin marks under the laws of tzara'at, often translated as leprosy. Tradition treats these marks as a sign of a spiritual fault, such as gossip. In the primary lessons: In science, skin is the body's biggest organ; it protects us from germs, keeps water in and helps us feel touch, heat and pain; sweat cools us. In safety: protect skin from sunburn; wash cuts; skin colours differ and all are normal. Phrases: by the skin of your teeth (only just), thick-skinned, skin and bones, sunscreen on skin.

### examples

- and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x1)
- But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, (Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x2)
- And the flesh and the skin were burnt with fire without the camp. (Torah LEV.9.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x3)
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x4)
- And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. (Prophets JOS.9.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x5)
- Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x6)
- Your skin protects your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x7)
- Put sunscreen on your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x8)
- I peeled the skin off the orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x9)
- She fell and skinned her knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x10)
- Snakes shed their old skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x11)
- Sweat on your skin helps you cool down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x12)
- People have many different skin colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x13)
- We caught the bus by the skin of our teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x14)
- THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/skin/#x15)

### note

"Skin" is usually uncountable for the body, countable for fruit ("two banana skins"). A snake "sheds" its skin. Sunburn hurts your skin even on cloudy days.

### In the corpora

- [And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.82/)
- [And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.789/)
- [and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.705/)
- [And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.754/)
- [and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1053/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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