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# eunuch

«eunuch» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a man who has been made unable to have children, who was…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural eunuchs)

### meaning for a pupil

A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh it can mean a court official as well as a castrated man. Isaiah speaks of eunuchs who keep the Sabbath. Interpretation: Isaiah promises that eunuchs who hold to the covenant will have a better name than sons and daughters. Tradition reads this as welcoming people who feel left out. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales of kings and princesses, the eunuch is the servant who carries messages and guards the palace rooms

### examples

- For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and hold fast by My covenant: (Prophets ISA.56.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x1)
- Neither let the alien, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying: 'The LORD will surely separate me from His people'; neither let the eunuch say: 'Behold, I am a dry tree.' (Prophets ISA.56.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x2)
- The eunuch hurried back to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x3)
- The eunuch carried the letter to the princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x4)
- The king sent for the chief of the eunuchs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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