[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/turtle.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/) / turtle [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/T/) # turtle «turtle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a reptile with a hard shell on its back that covers its…** — 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 turtle, turtles) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A turtle is a reptile with a hard shell on its back that covers its body; many turtles live in the sea or in rivers and ponds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#m1) 2) In American English, turtle is often used for any animal with this kind of shell, including tortoises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#m2) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Turtle-doves were the cheap offerings of poorer people, brought as burnt-offerings or sin-offerings. In the Psalms Israel is called God's turtle-dove, weak and in need of protection. In the Song of Songs its voice is a sign of spring, and Jeremiah says it knows its season of migration. Interpretation: Tradition notes that the Torah allowed a poor person to bring a bird so everyone could offer something, and it honors what a person can afford. In the primary lessons: In science, turtles are reptiles: they are cold-blooded, breathe air and lay eggs on land; sea turtles swim thousands of kilometres. In environment lessons, plastic bags hurt sea turtles because they look like jellyfish. Phrases: sea turtle, turtle shell, turn turtle (turn upside down). ### examples - And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x1) - And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x2) - and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x3) - O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever. (Writings PSA.74.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x4) - The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; (Writings SNG.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x5) - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x6) - The sea turtle laid her eggs in the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x7) - Turtles pull their heads into their shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x8) - Baby turtles crawl to the sea at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x9) - A turtle must come up to breathe air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x10) - Plastic in the ocean harms turtles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x11) - Our class pet is a turtle called Speedy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x12) - The boat turned turtle in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x13) - Turtles have no teeth but a sharp beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x14) - The movement, gentle though it was, woke the turtle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/#x15) ### note Countable. In the UK and Australia, turtle usually means one that lives in water, and tortoise one that lives on land; Americans may call both turtles. A turtle cannot climb out of its shell: the shell is part of its skeleton. ### In the corpora - [And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.399/) - [O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1272/) - [Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/14/) - [The alligator snapping turtle lures fish with a pink worm-shaped flap on its tongue and then snaps its jaws shut.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/16/) - [Sea turtles have lived in the oceans since the time of the dinosaurs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/8/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «turtle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.