[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/spear.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/) / spear [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # spear «spear» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for…** — 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 spear, spears); verb (spear, spears, speared, spearing) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for throwing or stabbing, especially for hunting or fishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#m1) 2) A long thin pointed shoot of a plant, such as a spear of asparagus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#m2) 3) To push something pointed into something, such as spearing food with a fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#m3) 4) To catch or hunt with a spear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A spear is a weapon for fighting. The Torah tells of Phinehas taking one, Job describes a warhorse before the glittering spear, and King Rehoboam put spears in his cities' storehouses. Interpretation: Phinehas took a spear to stop a plague among the Israelites. Tradition remembers his zeal and says God gave him a covenant of peace. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, early humans and many peoples hunted and fished with spears. In everyday life «to spear a chip with your fork» means to stab food to pick it up. In cooking, asparagus comes in spears. Phrases: «throw a spear», «spear fishing», «asparagus spears», «spear a piece». ### examples - And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. (Torah NUM.25.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x1) - The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. (Writings JOB.39.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x2) - 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/spear/#x3) - And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. (Writings 2CH.11.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x4) - The hunters made spears from wood and sharp stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x5) - He threw the spear as far as he could. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x6) - She speared a sausage with her fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x7) - We had asparagus spears with dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x8) - Some people go spear fishing near the reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x9) - The warrior's spear had a bronze tip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x10) - The heron speared a fish with its sharp beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x11) - In the museum we saw a spear used thousands of years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x12) - They snatched spears and shields from their foes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/#x13) ### note Plural «spears». «Spear» rhymes with «near». A javelin is a light spear thrown in sport. Do not confuse «spear» with «sphere» (a ball shape). Sharp sticks and spears are dangerous; only use them with an adult. ### In the corpora - [They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.126/) - [And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.785/) - [And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.731/) - [Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.62/) - [The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1083/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «spear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.