[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/tool.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/) / tool [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/T/) # tool «tool» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **an object you hold and use to do a job, like a hammer…** — 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 (a tool, tools); verb (tool up — rare) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A tool is an object you hold and use to do a job, like a hammer, saw, screwdriver or spade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#m1) 2) A tool is anything that helps you do something, like a computer program or a method. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#m2) 3) A tool (insult, informal) is a silly or unpleasant person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An iron tool was forbidden on the altar's stones. In Kings, no hammer, axe or iron tool was heard while Solomon's Temple was built. Interpretation: The rabbis said iron cuts life short while the altar lengthens it, so no iron touches the altar. The same idea is why the Temple stones were uncut and shaped at the quarry. In the primary lessons: In design and technology, tools must be used with care and with an adult: hold them correctly, keep blades away from you, put them away after use. In science, scientists use tools like thermometers, rulers and magnifying glasses to measure and observe; some animals (chimpanzees, crows) use tools too. In maths, a ruler, protractor and compass are tools. Phrases: tool box, garden tools, power tools, a useful tool. ### examples - And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them. (Torah DEU.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x1) - And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it. (Torah EXO.20.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x2) - And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.' (Torah EXO.32.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x3) - For the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. — (Prophets 1KI.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x4) - Dad keeps his tools in a tool box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x5) - A hammer is a tool for hitting nails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x6) - Use the right tool for the job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x7) - Chimpanzees use sticks as tools to catch termites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x8) - A protractor is a tool for measuring angles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x9) - Power tools are only for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x10) - Reading is a tool for learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x11) - Then the second miller's man laid aside his tool and looked up, [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/#x12) ### note Countable: one tool, many tools. Power tools (drills, saws) can cause serious injury; children should not use them. Using "tool" to call someone a name is rude. ### In the corpora - [Grown-ups help with tools: kids profiles, autoplay switched off, safe search, PINs and report buttons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/9/) - [No tool is perfect, so the two steps still matter, and an accident never changes who you are.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/10/) - [Learn a skill first, then use tools to check it, the way you use a calculator.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/9/) - [AI detector tools are not always right and can wrongly accuse honest pupils.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/14/) - [Being open about how you used a tool is honest, and many teachers give credit for it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/15/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «tool» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tool/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.