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# handmaid

«handmaid» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (handmaids) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for a woman servant, such as Zilpah and Bilhah, or humbly for oneself when speaking to someone of higher rank. Proverbs mentions a handmaid who becomes her mistress's heir. Joel says God will pour His spirit even on handmaids. Interpretation: A handmaid could also be a secondary wife who bore children for the household, as with Jacob's sons. Tradition sees the humble use, as with Hannah or Abigail, as a sign of modesty and respect. Joel's promise is read as showing that God's spirit is for all people. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a servant girl who waits on a princess or a lady

### examples

- And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son. (Torah GEN.30.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x1)
- And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son. (Torah GEN.30.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x2)
- and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; (Torah GEN.35.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x3)
- And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.' (Prophets 1SA.25.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x4)
- For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x5)
- And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit. (Prophets JOL.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x6)
- The lady walked out with her handmaids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x7)
- A kind handmaid brought the queen her tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handmaid/#x8)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.398/)
- [Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore unto Abraham.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.708/)
- [And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.875/)
- [And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.880/)
- [And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.890/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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