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# thread

«thread» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a long, thin string of cotton, silk or nylon used for sewing** — 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 (thread, threads); verb (thread, threads, threaded, threading)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thread is a long, thin string of cotton, silk or nylon used for sewing. A spool or reel holds a lot of thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#m1)

2) A thread is one line of ideas in a story or talk: «I lost the thread». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#m2)

3) A thread online is a list of messages about one topic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#m3)

4) To thread a needle is to push thread through its hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#m4)

5) To thread beads is to put them on a string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#m5)

6) The thread of a screw is the spiral ridge around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A scarlet thread marked Zerah's hand at birth, and a blue thread fastened the high priest's mitre plate. Samson broke ropes like a thread, and the Song of Songs says lips are like a thread of scarlet. Interpretation: Blue thread is also the one in the tzitzit fringes, which the tradition says reminds of the sky and of God's throne. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a thing measured in length (metres, centimetres, inches) or counted in spools; pieces cut from a long thread (cuts = pieces − 1); thread per button. In everyday life and crafts: sewing on a button, threading beads, embroidery. In stories: the Greek hero Theseus used a thread to find his way out of the maze. Phrases: «a needle and thread», «thread a needle», «hang by a thread» (be in great danger), «lose the thread».

### examples

- And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah. (Torah GEN.38.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x1)
- And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x2)
- that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x3)
- And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x4)
- Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x5)
- A spool has 50 metres of thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x6)
- She cuts the thread into 5 equal pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x7)
- Each button needs 20 cm of thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x8)
- How much thread is left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x9)
- Grandma threaded the needle and sewed on my button. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x10)
- We threaded beads onto a string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x11)
- Theseus followed a thread to escape the maze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x12)
- His life was hanging by a thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x13)
- In Labakan’s box was found—a large needle with some thread! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thread/#x14)

### note

Uncountable for the material («some thread»), countable for pieces («a thread», «threads»). The «ea» says «e»: «thred». Maths: a length to share or cut: equal pieces often mean division; change metres to centimetres first (1 metre is 100 centimetres). Trap: cutting a thread into 5 pieces needs only 4 cuts.

### In the corpora

- [And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1247/)
- [And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1214/)
- [And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.482/)
- [Dew collects on the cool threads at night and shows how many webs there are, often thousands in a garden in autumn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs/16/)
- [Pull one thread and the whole web moves, like a spider's web when one strand is touched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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