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# snake

«snake» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A long reptile with no legs that moves by sliding along…** — 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 snake, snakes); verb (snake, snakes, snaked — to move in a winding line)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long reptile with no legs that moves by sliding along the ground; some have a poisonous (venomous) bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#m1)

2) A person who cannot be trusted (insult). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#m2)

3) Verb: to move or lie in long bends: «The path snaked up the hill». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jacob's blessing compares the tribe of Dan to a snake that bites from the path. In the primary lessons: In science: snakes are cold-blooded reptiles with scales; they shed their skin, smell with their tongues, swallow prey whole; some are venomous, like rattlesnakes (USA) and brown snakes (Australia); Ireland and New Zealand have no wild snakes. In safety: leave snakes alone, stand still or back away slowly, never pick one up, wear boots in long grass, tell an adult; get help fast after a bite. Games: snakes and ladders. Phrases: snake bite, venomous snake, snakes and ladders, a snake in the grass.

### examples

- Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x1)
- A snake has no legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x2)
- Snakes smell with their tongues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x3)
- If you see a snake, back away slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x4)
- Never try to pick up a snake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x5)
- Australia has many venomous snakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x6)
- There are no wild snakes in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x7)
- We played snakes and ladders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x8)
- The queue snaked around the corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x9)
- Then said the Snake, "Come forth, Ivanushka! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snake/#x10)

### note

Countable: snakes. Venomous (poison you through a bite) is the correct word for most dangerous snakes, though people often say «poisonous». Myth: snakes are not slimy — their skin is dry. Myth: you should not suck out venom; keep still and get help.

### In the corpora

- [Snakes shed their skin in one piece as they grow, starting at the lips, and their eyes turn cloudy blue just before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/30-snakes-and-lizards/6/)
- [Snakes push their bodies against bumps on the ground to move, and pythons still have tiny leg bones left from ancestors with legs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/30-snakes-and-lizards/12/)
- [Snakes are cold-blooded, so they need far less food than mammals; a big python can go months without a meal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/4/)
- [Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/10/)
- [Snakes have no eyelids; a clear scale covers each eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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