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# artificer

«artificer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a skilled worker in gold, silver and other materials, working for the Temple. Interpretation: Tradition honors skilled craftsmen who build for holy purposes, as Bezalel did for the Tabernacle. David gathered materials so that the craftsmen could build the Temple. In the primary lessons: in old stories and myths a clever artificer makes weapons, tools or magic objects

### examples

- of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. (Writings 1CH.29.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/#x1)
- The artificer hammered the metal into a shield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/#x2)
- The Greek god was a famous artificer of metal things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/#x3)
- Every village had a skilled artificer who mended the tools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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