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Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!
Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.
"And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."
Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."
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Wit and Humor of the Bible: A Literary Study

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of Wit and Humor of the Bible: A Literary Study is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/94 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!
/ˌɪˈmædʒən ðə ˈveɪkənt lʊk ʌv ðə ˈterəfaɪd ˈerən æz hiː ɡeɪv hɪz ˈɪmbəsəl ˌekspləˈneɪʃən ʌv ðə ˈɡoʊldən kæf/
Line 2
Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.
/ˈmoʊzəs ənd ˈdʒɑːʃuːə ɑːr ˈkʌmɪŋ daʊn frʌm ðə ˈmaʊntən/
Line 3
"And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
/ənd wen ˈdʒɑːʃuːə hɜːrd ðə nɔɪz ʌv ðə ˈpiːpəl æz ðeɪ ˈʃaʊtɪd hiː sed ˈʌntuː ˈmoʊzəs ðer ɪz ə nɔɪz ʌv wɔːr ɪn ðə kæmp/
Line 4
And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."
/ənd ˈmoʊzəs ˈænsərd ɪt ɪz nɑːt ðə vɔɪs ʌv ðem ðæt ʃaʊt fɔːr ˈmæstəri ˈniːðər ɪz ɪt ðə vɔɪs ʌv ðem ðæt kraɪ fɔːr ˈbiːɪŋ ˈoʊvərkʌm bʌt ðə nɔɪz ʌv ðem ðæt sɪŋ duː aɪ hiːr/
Line 5
Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."
/suːn ðeɪ drɔː nɪr ðə kæmp ənd siː ðə kæf ənd ðə ˈdænsɪŋ/

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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Aaron noun US /ˈerən/

United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)

From this reading “Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!”

calf noun US /kæf/

young of domestic cattle

From this reading “Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!”

imbecile noun US /ˈɪmbəsəl/

a person of subnormal intelligence

From this reading “Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!”

Joshua noun US /ˈdʒɑːʃuːə/

(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho

From this reading “Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.”

mastery noun US /ˈmæstəri/

great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

From this reading “And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."”

Moses noun US /ˈmoʊzəs/

(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

From this reading “Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.”

terrified adjective US /ˈterəfaɪd/

thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

From this reading “Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!”

vacant adjective US /ˈveɪkənt/

void of intelligence or thought

From this reading “Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

golden calf adjective + noun

(Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly

In this reading “Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!”

draw near verb + particle

move towards

In this reading “Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."”

from the mountain preposition + article + noun counted as “from … mountain”

In this reading “Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

AaronnounUS /ˈerən/

United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

answeredverbUS /ˈænsərd/

past form of “answer” — react verbally

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

calfnounUS /kæf/

young of domestic cattle

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

campnounUS /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

cryverbUS /kraɪ/

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

dancingnounUS /ˈdænsɪŋ/

taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

From this reading Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

drawverbUS /drɔː/

cause to move by pulling

From this reading Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."

explanationnounUS /ˌekspləˈneɪʃən/

a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

goldenadjectiveUS /ˈɡoʊldən/

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

hearverbUS /hiːr/

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

ImagineverbUS /ˌɪˈmædʒən/

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

imbecilenounUS /ˈɪmbəsəl/

a person of subnormal intelligence

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

JoshuanounUS /ˈdʒɑːʃuːə/

(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

masterynounUS /ˈmæstəri/

great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

MosesnounUS /ˈmoʊzəs/

(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

mountainnounUS /ˈmaʊntən/

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading Moses and Joshua are coming down from the mountain.

nearadverbUS /nɪr/

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."

neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

noisenounUS /nɔɪz/

sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

overcomeverbUS /ˈoʊvərkʌm/

win a victory over

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

peoplenounUS /ˈpiːpəl/

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."

shoutverbUS /ʃaʊt/

utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

shoutedadjectiveUS /ˈʃaʊtɪd/

in a vehement outcry

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

singverbUS /sɪŋ/

deliver by singing

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

SoonadverbUS /suːn/

in the near future

From this reading Soon they draw near the camp and see "the calf and the dancing."

terrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈterəfaɪd/

thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

ThereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/

an old word for “to”

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

vacantadjectiveUS /ˈveɪkənt/

void of intelligence or thought

From this reading Imagine the vacant look of the terrified Aaron, as he gave his imbecile explanation of the golden calf!

voicenounUS /vɔɪs/

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading And Moses answered, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear."

warnounUS /wɔːr/

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading "And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Chapter 2 of Wit and Humor of the Bible: A Literary Study by Marion D. (Marion Daniel) Shutter holds 474 sentences, grouped into 95 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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