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# throw

«throw» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To send something through the air with your arm: "Throw…** — 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 (throw, throws, threw, thrown, throwing); noun (a throw, throws)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To send something through the air with your arm: "Throw the ball." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#m1)

2) To put something somewhere quickly or carelessly: "She threw her coat on the bed." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#m2)

3) To move your body suddenly: "He threw himself on the sofa." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#m3)

4) To confuse: "The question threw me." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#m4)

5) As a noun, an act of throwing, or a turn at throwing: "a good throw". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and PE, throwing and catching are skills; in science, a thrown ball follows a curved path because of gravity. In everyday life: throw away rubbish; don't throw things at people or animals. Phrases: throw away, throw out, throw up (be sick), throw a party, throw a tantrum.

### examples

- And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh. (Torah EXO.9.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x1)
- And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds; (Prophets MIC.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x2)
- Behold, the LORD will hurl thee up and down with a man's throw; yea, He will wind thee round and round; (Prophets ISA.22.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x3)
- And he said: 'Throw her down.' So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and she was trodden under foot. (Prophets 2KI.9.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x4)
- Throw the ball to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x5)
- He threw the stone into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x6)
- Throw your rubbish in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x7)
- Don't throw sand at people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x8)
- She threw a party for her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x9)
- I felt sick and threw up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x10)
- That was a great throw! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x11)
- The dice was thrown three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x12)
- ‘Throw out the stones,’ said Maie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/throw/#x13)

### note

Past: "threw" (sounds like "through"); past participle "thrown" (sounds like "throne"). In maths, "throw a die" means roll it: each number is equally likely.

### In the corpora

- [And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.627/)
- [And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.682/)
- [And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.73/)
- [Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words, that they are sweet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2572/)
- [When the sea gets too warm, coral throws out its algae and turns white, which is called bleaching.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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