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# turtledove

«turtledove» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A turtledove is a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtledove/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is one of the birds allowed as an offering, for example by a Nazirite who has become unclean. Interpretation: Tradition counts the turtledove and young pigeon as the only birds fit for the altar.

### examples

- And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. (Torah NUM.6.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/turtledove/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

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