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# touch

«touch» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To put your hand or another part of your body on something** — 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 (touch, touches, touched, touching); noun (a touch, touches; touch — the sense)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To put your hand or another part of your body on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#m1)

2) When two things meet with no space between them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#m2)

3) To make someone feel kind or sad feelings: "Her letter touched me." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#m3)

4) As a noun, the sense that lets us feel things with our skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#m4)

5) A small amount: "a touch of salt". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#m5)

6) Contact: "keep in touch". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the laws of purity, touching a dead body or a dead creature can make a person unclean for a time. In the later books it can also mean to harm someone, or to reach out and feel something. Interpretation: The rabbis built a large system of purity rules on touching, and the idea of becoming unclean by contact is a main theme of Leviticus. "Touch not Mine anointed" is read as God's protection of the patriarchs and his prophets. In the primary lessons: In science, touch is one of the five senses; nerves in the skin feel pressure, heat, cold and pain. In safety: don't touch hot things, sharp things, plugs with wet hands, or unknown animals; your body belongs to you — no one should touch private parts; say no and tell. In sport, touch rugby. Phrases: keep in touch, get in touch, a touch of, touch wood, don't touch.

### examples

- Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x1)
- Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x2)
- These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.11.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x3)
- 'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.' (Writings 1CH.16.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x4)
- My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh. (Writings JOB.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x5)
- O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. (Writings PSA.144.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x6)
- Don't touch the hot oven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x7)
- Touch the leaf and feel how soft it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x8)
- The two shapes touch at one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x9)
- We feel things through our sense of touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x10)
- Keep in touch when you move away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x11)
- Never touch a plug with wet hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x12)
- Her kind words touched my heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x13)
- Add a touch of salt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x14)
- "Do not touch them," said Death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/touch/#x15)

### note

Plural noun and he/she form: "touches". In maths, two lines "touch" if they meet at a point. Safe touch, unsafe touch: if a touch makes you uncomfortable, you can say no and tell a trusted adult.

### In the corpora

- [Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.528/)
- [And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.917/)
- [And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.153/)
- [Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.262/)
- [And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.278/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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