[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sole.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/) / sole [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # sole «sole» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The bottom of your foot** — 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 sole, soles); adjective (sole) ### meaning for a pupil 1) The bottom of your foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#m1) 2) The bottom part of a shoe or boot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#m2) 3) A flat sea fish that people eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#m3) 4) As an adjective, only, the one and only: "the sole survivor". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "The sole of the foot" is used to speak of the land Israel will walk on and of being struck head to foot; the promise of land is as far as feet will tread. God repeats the promise to Joshua, and the king of Assyria boasts that with the sole of his feet he dried up Egypt's rivers. Interpretation: The land promised to Israel is read as being as wide as the people actually settle in it, and Esau's mountain is spared as his own gift from God. The Assyrian's boast is read as pride that God punished. In the primary lessons: In science lessons, the sole of the foot is a body part; in everyday life shoes have rubber soles for grip. In stories, a "sole survivor" is the only one left. Phrases: the sole of your foot, rubber soles, sole owner, sole purpose. ### examples - Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border. (Torah DEU.11.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x1) - The LORD will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head. (Torah DEU.28.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x2) - contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. (Torah DEU.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x3) - Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses. (Prophets JOS.1.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x4) - I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt. (Prophets ISA.37.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x5) - I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt. (Prophets 2KI.19.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x6) - The sole of my shoe has a hole in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x7) - Tickle the soles of his feet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x8) - Trainers have rubber soles that grip the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x9) - We had sole and chips for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x10) - She was the sole winner of the competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x11) - Her sole job was to feed the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x12) - The sand was hot on the soles of our feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/#x13) ### note Homophone trap: "sole" (foot, shoe, fish, only) and "soul" (the spirit of a person) sound the same. Countable noun: a sole, soles. The adjective "sole" is used before a noun: "the sole reason". "Solely" means only. ### In the corpora - [Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.2/) - [I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.615/) - [I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.787/) - [The soles of a polar bear's paws have fur and small bumps that grip the ice and keep the feet warm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/11/) - [Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/16/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «sole» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sole/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.