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# stone

«stone» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small piece of rock** — 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, verb (stone, stones, stoned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stone is a small piece of rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#m1)

2) Stone is the hard material rocks are made of: a stone wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#m2)

3) A stone is the hard seed in the middle of some fruits, like a cherry or a peach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#m3)

4) A stone is a jewel: a ring with a red stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#m4)

5) A stone is a unit of weight used in Britain and Ireland: a stone is 14 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#m5)

6) A kidney stone is a hard lump that can form in the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Stones in the Torah are used for altars, pillars, tablets and boundary markers. They are also used for punishment by stoning. Interpretation: The two tablets of the Ten Commandments were stone, and Jacob set up a stone pillar at Beth-el. The altar had to be of whole, uncut stones, and the rabbis explained that iron, which makes weapons, should not touch what promotes peace. In the primary lessons: Maths: a thing counted (stones collected, stones in a wall); rarely a unit of weight. Science: rocks and stones, the Stone Age when tools were made of stone. Everyday: stepping stones, «a stone's throw» (very near), «kill two birds with one stone» (do two things at once).

### examples

- And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x1)
- And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. (Torah GEN.31.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x2)
- The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone. (Torah EXO.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x3)
- Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x4)
- And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.' (Prophets 1KI.21.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x5)
- The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. (Writings PSA.118.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x6)
- Ben found 14 stones on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x7)
- The wall uses 300 stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x8)
- He threw 5 stones into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x9)
- Each stone weighs 2 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x10)
- My dad weighs 12 stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x11)
- Take the stone out of the peach before you eat it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x12)
- We crossed the stream on stepping stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x13)
- The park is just a stone's throw from our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x14)
- The stones slip under my feet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stone/#x15)

### note

Countable for pieces (stones); uncountable for the material (made of stone). Usually the thing counted. Trap: in British problems «stone» can be a weight (one stone is 14 pounds), and the plural is often «stone»: 12 stone. Safety: never throw stones at people, cars or animals.

### In the corpora

- [and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.45/)
- [And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.852/)
- [And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.987/)
- [And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and they took stones, and made a heap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.988/)
- [The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.421/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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