Jacob's Ladder
Biblical ascent dream
Jacob's Ladder names several things connected by the image of a ladder reaching toward heaven, from the biblical story of Jacob's dream.
It's a flowering plant with ladder-like leaf arrangement, a rope ladder with wooden rungs used on ships, and a children's toy of hinged wooden blocks that appear to cascade when tilted.
The phrase also describes a vertical beam of light breaking through clouds.
First biblical book
- angelDivine winged messenger
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- visionAbility to see
- patriarchMale head of family
Israel · covenant · God · Hebrew · stone · altar · vow · Abraham
Ladder's horizontal bars
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- hangingExecution by noose
- absDistance from zero
- coreCentral essential portion
grip · military · bootcamp · obstacle course · calisthenics · agility · coordination · training
Slender fiber or character sequence
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- cat's cradleString figure between fingers
- loopCurve closing on itself
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
game · children · hands · weaving · trick · yarn · traditional · skill
Recurring each year
- phloxPolemoniaceae genus, bright blooms
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- cultivarBred plant variety
- bluebellBell-shaped woodland flower
woodland · shade-loving · groundcover · wildflower · blossom · ornamental · border · flowerbed
Genesis
First biblical book
patriarch · Israel · covenant · God · Hebrew · stone · altar · vow · Abraham · Isaac
rungs
Ladder's horizontal bars
core · grip · military · bootcamp · obstacle course · calisthenics · agility · coordination · training · fitness
string
Slender fiber or character sequence
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- cat's cradleString figure between fingers
- loopCurve closing on itself
pattern · game · children · hands · weaving · trick · yarn · traditional · skill · dexterity
perennial
Recurring each year
- phloxPolemoniaceae genus, bright blooms
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- cultivarBred plant variety
bluebell · woodland · shade-loving · groundcover · wildflower · blossom · ornamental · border · flowerbed · blue flowers
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- sacred storiescreation myth, creation story, Noah's Ark, flood myth, flood story
- Saint HelenaJamestown, Longwood, St. Paul's, gumwood, British colony
- Cardio Machinestreadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, rowing machine, stair climber
- Biblical ScenesLast Supper, Annunciation, Adam and Eve, Resurrection, Garden of Eden
- Surrealist FilmsEraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Dali, David Lynch
Jacob's Ladderdescent into hell
Passage to the damned realm
bottomless pit · fall from grace · Dante's Inferno · downward spiral · Tower of Babel