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# unshod

«unshod» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **not wearing shoes; barefoot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unshod — formal, literary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, literary) Unshod means not wearing shoes; barefoot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#m1)

2) An unshod horse has no horseshoes on its hooves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Jeremiah it is a warning to Israel not to run after idols until her feet are bare and her throat dry. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as God's call to stop chasing foreign gods, which wear Israel out and bring exile and hardship. In the primary lessons: An old-fashioned, literary word found in stories and poems: «the unshod children ran along the beach». On farms, an unshod horse has no metal shoes. Plain word: barefoot.

### examples

- Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst; but thou saidst: 'There is no hope; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.' (Prophets JER.2.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x1)
- The unshod children ran along the sandy beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x2)
- Some horses are kept unshod and walk on soft ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x3)
- In the old tale, the poor boy walked unshod through the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x4)
- The blacksmith put shoes on the unshod pony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x5)
- Don't go unshod on the hot pavement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x6)

### note

Literary; in everyday talk say «barefoot» or «with no shoes on». «Shod» is an old past form of «shoe» (to put shoes on): the horse was shod.

### Trees and pragmatics

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