[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stray.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/) / stray [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # stray «stray» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a pet like a dog or cat that is lost or has no home** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective (a stray dog); noun (a stray, strays); verb (stray, strays, strayed, straying) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A stray animal is a pet like a dog or cat that is lost or has no home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#m1) 2) A stray is such a lost or homeless animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#m2) 3) To stray is to wander away from where you should be, like straying from a path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#m3) 4) Stray can describe one thing that is away from the others, like a stray hair or a stray sock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#m4) 5) A stray shot is a bullet or shot that goes wide of its target and hits something by accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To stray is to wander away from the right path. The prophets use it for the people turning away from God and His ways, like sheep wandering from a shepherd. Interpretation: The prophets Isaiah and Hosea use it as a picture of Israel leaving God. The tradition reads this as a call to return, since God still waits for His people to come back. In the primary lessons: In safety lessons: do not touch stray dogs; tell an adult, because a stray may be scared or ill and could bite. In stories and walks: «Do not stray from the path». In everyday life, a stray ball or stray sock is one in the wrong place. Phrases: «stray from», «stray cat», «stray thought». ### examples - On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? (Prophets ISA.1.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x1) - Woe unto them! for they have strayed from Me; Destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against Me; Shall I then redeem them, seeing they have spoken lies against Me? (Prophets HOS.7.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x2) - A stray dog followed us home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x3) - Animal shelters look after strays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x4) - Don't stray from the path in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x5) - The sheep had strayed into the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x6) - She brushed a stray hair off her face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x7) - I found a stray sock under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x8) - Never stroke a stray cat; it might scratch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x9) - Another's stray shot had killed the deer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/#x10) ### note Regular verb: «strayed». Stray is an adjective, a noun and a verb, so look at its place in the sentence. Do not confuse with «spray» or «straw». Safety: keep away from unknown animals. ### In the corpora - [On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.4/) - [The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.604/) - [Donkeys, llamas and sheepdogs are used to guard flocks, and a guard donkey will chase away foxes and stray dogs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/15/) - [Read this: «Nell found the stray kitten behind the bins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/1/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «stray» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stray/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.