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# wing

«wing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the part of a bird, bat or plane that lets it fly** — 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 (wings); verb (wings, winging, winged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wing is the part of a bird, bat or plane that lets it fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#m1)

2) To wing or to wing one's way is to fly or travel quickly, as a bird does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Wings are also those of cherubim in the Temple, whose spread wings covered the ark. Interpretation: The cherubim's wings over the ark are read as marking the place where God's presence met Israel. In the primary lessons: the part of a bird or flying creature used to fly; in stories a messenger is winging his way to the king

### examples

- The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's? (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x1)
- And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. (Writings 2CH.3.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x2)
- And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. (Prophets 1KI.6.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x3)
- The eagle spread its wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x4)
- The swallow is winging its way south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x5)
- Each bird has two wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x6)
- The message came winging across the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x7)

### note

A bird has 2 wings, so 5 birds have 10 wings

### In the corpora

- [All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.274/)
- [But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.277/)
- [the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.129/)
- [And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.420/)
- [And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.670/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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