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# deputy

«deputy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person who acts for another and takes their place when…** — 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 (deputies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#m1)

2) A deputy is the second in command, the one just below the leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the helper or messenger sent by a queen or ruler to do the work for her.

### examples

- And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king. (Prophets 1KI.22.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#x1)
- Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion. (Prophets JER.51.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#x2)
- And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies. (Prophets JER.51.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#x3)
- The queen's deputy brought the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#x4)
- Our teacher's deputy took the class today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#x5)
- The captain was away, so the deputy was in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deputy/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.853/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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