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# turret

«turret» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small tower on the top of a castle or large building** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (turrets)

### meaning for a pupil

A small tower on the top of a castle or large building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turret/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Song of Songs it is a small tower, used for beauty and strength, and it is often a picture of a person's neck or a defended wall. Interpretation: The rabbis read Song of Songs as a love story between God and Israel. The turrets and the wall are seen as Israel's strength and its protection. In the primary lessons: the tower where a giant or a lady looks out

### examples

- Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with turrets, whereon there hang a thousand shields, all the armour of the mighty men. (Writings SNG.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turret/#x1)
- If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. (Writings SNG.8.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turret/#x2)
- The giantess looked out from the turret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turret/#x3)
- The castle had four turrets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turret/#x4)
- The great clock was in the turret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turret/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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