[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/snail.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / snail [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # snail «snail» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small, slow animal with a soft, slimy body and a spiral…** — 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 (a snail, snails) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A snail is a small, slow animal with a soft, slimy body and a spiral shell on its back that lives on land or in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#m1) 2) Snail can describe something very slow («at a snail's pace»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#m2) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalm it is a creature that seems to melt away as it moves, a picture of how the wicked will vanish. Interpretation: Commentators take it as a picture of the wicked wasting away and leaving nothing behind. In the primary lessons: In science snails are molluscs: they have one muscular foot, leave a trail of slime, have tentacles with eyes, and eat plants, so gardeners see them as pests. They hide in their shells when it is dry or dangerous. In maths puzzles a snail climbing a wall is a classic problem. Phrases: «at a snail's pace», «snail mail» (letters sent by post), «snail shell». ### examples - Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun. (Writings PSA.58.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x1) - A snail left a silvery trail across the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x2) - The snail pulled its head into its shell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x3) - Snails ate all our lettuce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x4) - The traffic moved at a snail's pace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x5) - Snails come out after rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x6) - A snail has its eyes on the tips of its tentacles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x7) - Grandma still sends birthday cards by snail mail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x8) - A snail climbs 3 metres a day and slips back 2 at night, so it gains 1 metre each full day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x9) - "I take my time," said the snail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/#x10) ### note Countable: «a snail». A snail without a shell is a «slug». Wash your hands after touching snails. In the classic puzzle, the snail escapes on the last day before slipping back, so count carefully. ### In the corpora - [A snail eats with a ribbon covered in thousands of tiny teeth that scrapes food like a file.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/13/) - [A worm has no legs, and a snail or slug has one wide muscly foot instead of legs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/16/) - [An octopus is a soft relative of snails and clams, yet it is one of the cleverest animals in the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/0/) - [Cone snails shoot a harpoon-like tooth full of venom into fish, and pain medicines have been made from cone snail venom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/10/) - [A giant snail rasps through cucumber with a tongue of thousands of tiny teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/3/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «snail» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snail/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.