[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/swell.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/) / swell [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # swell «swell» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To get bigger, rounder or fuller, often because of…** — 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 (swell, swells, swelled, swollen or swelled, swelling); noun (a swell — waves; swelling); adjective (swell — old-fashioned US slang: great) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To get bigger, rounder or fuller, often because of injury, water or air (My ankle swelled up). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#m1) 2) To grow in number, size, loudness or strength (The crowd swelled). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#m2) 3) A swell: the long, smooth rise and fall of waves in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#m3) 4) (old-fashioned American) Excellent, very nice (That's swell!). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#m4) 5) A feeling growing strong inside you (a swell of pride). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Numbers it describes the effect of the bitter water on a woman who had broken her marriage vow. In Deuteronomy it says the Israelites' feet did not swell in the desert. Interpretation: The bitter water ritual (sotah) was a test of faithfulness. The unswollen feet are read as a miracle showing God's care in the wilderness. In the primary lessons: In first aid: an injury like a sprain or a bee sting can make the body swell; rest, ice, compression and raising it help reduce swelling. In science, wood and seeds swell when they take in water; rivers swell after heavy rain and can flood. In beach safety, a big swell means large waves and dangerous currents — listen to lifeguards. Phrases: swell up, swollen ankle, ocean swell, swell with pride. ### examples - Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (Torah DEU.8.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x1) - and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.' (Torah NUM.5.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x2) - Yea, forty years didst Thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. (Writings NEH.9.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x3) - My finger swelled up after the bee sting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x4) - Put ice on your ankle to stop it swelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x5) - The river swelled after days of heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x6) - Dried beans swell when you soak them in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x7) - There's a big swell today, so the beach is closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x8) - Her heart swelled with pride when she won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x9) - «Gee, that's swell!» said the boy in the old film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x10) - Affrighted though she was, Wendy swelled with pride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/#x11) ### note Past participle: «swollen» (my eye is swollen) is more common as an adjective; «swelled» is also used. Noun: swelling (a bump on the body). If swelling comes with trouble breathing, get emergency help — it may be an allergic reaction. ### In the corpora - [Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.250/) - [An onion is a bulb whose layers are swollen leaves storing food for next year's growth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/13/) - [Some honeypot ant workers swell with sweet liquid and hang from the nest roof like living jars, storing food for hard times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/16/) - [Not everything under the ground is a root, though: a potato is a swollen stem, and its eyes are buds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push/4/) - [Swell sharks gulp water to puff themselves up and wedge into rock cracks so a predator cannot pull them out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/311-sharks-by-kind-small-and-strange-walking-sharks-wobbegongs-cookiecutters-and-goblin-sharks/16/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «swell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.