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# wild

«wild» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people:…** — 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

adjective (wild, wilder, wildest); noun (the wild, the wilds); adverb (run wild)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people: wild animals, wild flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#m1)

2) Of land: natural, with few people or buildings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#m2)

3) Not controlled; very noisy, excited or rough: a wild party, wild behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#m3)

4) Of weather: stormy and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#m4)

5) Not sensible or a guess without thinking: a wild guess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#m5)

6) Noun: the wild — nature, away from people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for undomesticated animals such as the wild ox, wild goat and wild ass. Interpretation: The Torah lists wild animals that may be eaten, and these belong to the laws of clean animals. In the primary lessons: In science: wild animals versus pets and farm animals; habitats; wildlife. In safety: never feed or touch wild animals (they can bite, carry illness); don't eat wild berries or mushrooms without an adult who knows. In stories: wild places and wild weather make adventures. Phrases: in the wild, wild animal, wildlife, a wild guess, run wild, go wild, wild about something.

### examples

- God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox. (Torah NUM.23.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x1)
- the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep. (Torah DEU.14.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x2)
- And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.' (Torah GEN.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x3)
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x4)
- Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x5)
- Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x6)
- Lions are wild animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x7)
- We picked wild blackberries with Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x8)
- Never touch a wild animal, even if it looks friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x9)
- The wind was wild last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x10)
- The crowd went wild when we scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x11)
- Pandas live in the wild in China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x12)
- That was a wild guess, not a real answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x13)
- Don't eat wild mushrooms — some are poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x14)

### note

Comparisons: wilder, wildest. Opposite: tame (animals), cultivated or garden (plants), calm (people). Say «wyld» (rhymes with child). «Wildlife» = wild animals and plants, one word. In maths a «wild guess» is not an estimate: an estimate uses rounding and thinking.

### In the corpora

- [God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.858/)
- [Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.94/)
- [A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.47/)
- [For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.112/)
- [Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.329/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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