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# stir

«stir» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or…** — 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

verb (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); noun (a stir)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#m1)

2) To stir can mean to move slightly: The baby stirred in her sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#m2)

3) A stir is excitement or trouble among people: The news caused a stir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#m3)

4) To stir up means to cause trouble or strong feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Stir up" is often used of God, who is asked to wake and act with his might. It is also used of people who stir up trouble or war. Interpretation: Tradition reads "stir up Thy might" as a bold prayer. People ask God, who never sleeps, to seem to rouse himself and save Israel. In the primary lessons: In cooking and science lessons, stirring helps a solid like sugar or salt dissolve faster in water, and mixes ingredients evenly. In stories, a character stirring means waking or moving; «stirring up trouble» means causing arguments on purpose. Phrases: stir in, stir up, cause a stir, stir-fry.

### examples

- Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars. (Writings PSA.140.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x1)
- Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us. (Writings PSA.80.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x2)
- None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me? (Writings JOB.41.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x3)
- Stir the soup with a wooden spoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x4)
- Stirring helps the sugar dissolve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x5)
- Stir the paint before you use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x6)
- The cat stirred and opened one eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x7)
- The new pupil caused quite a stir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x8)
- Do not stir up trouble in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x9)
- We made a vegetable stir-fry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x10)
- Stir in the eggs slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x11)
- She was afraid, and didn't stir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stir/#x12)

### note

Past: stirred, stirring (double r). Stirring does not make things dissolve that cannot dissolve (sand), it only speeds it up. Be careful stirring hot pans: use a long spoon and keep the handle turned in.

### In the corpora

- [And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1072/)
- [Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1418/)
- [Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2554/)
- [Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.270/)
- [A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.411/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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