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# tooth

«tooth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **One of the hard white parts in the mouth used to bite and…** — 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 (tooth, teeth)

### meaning for a pupil

1) One of the hard white parts in the mouth used to bite and chew food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#m1)

2) One of the sharp points on a comb, saw, or gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Teeth stand for eating, strength or fierce beasts. "Tooth for tooth" is a law of fair payment. In the Psalms, gnashing teeth pictures the anger of enemies. Interpretation: The rabbis read "eye for eye" as money compensation, not literal harm, so that justice is fair and the loss is repaid. In the primary lessons: In science and health, teeth help us eat; children have baby (milk) teeth that fall out and are replaced by adult teeth. Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, floss, and visit the dentist; sugar feeds germs that make holes (cavities). Phrases: brush your teeth, baby tooth, wisdom tooth, sweet tooth (likes sweets), tooth fairy, toothbrush, toothache.

### examples

- Round about his teeth is terror. (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x1)
- eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (Torah EXO.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x2)
- His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Torah GEN.49.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x3)
- With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x4)
- The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth. (Writings PSA.37.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x5)
- I lost a tooth today! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x6)
- Brush your teeth twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x7)
- A shark has hundreds of teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x8)
- Sugar can damage your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x9)
- My tooth hurts, so we will see the dentist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x10)
- The saw has sharp teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x11)
- Grandpa has a sweet tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x12)
- Children have twenty baby teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x13)
- The witch began gnashing her teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x14)

### note

Irregular plural: one tooth, two teeth (not "tooths"). Children have 20 baby teeth; adults usually have 32. The tooth fairy is a game for children. Enamel, the outside of a tooth, is the hardest part of the body.

### In the corpora

- [His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1611/)
- [eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.603/)
- [With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.545/)
- [The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.585/)
- [Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.952/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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