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# wort

«wort» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An old word for a plant or herb, used in the name of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

An old word for a plant or herb, used in the name of a plant such as saltwort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wort/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Job it names a bitter, poor plant eaten by outcasts in hunger. The picture shows how low Job's suffering has brought him.

### examples

- They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food. (Writings JOB.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wort/#x1)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.752/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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