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# hindermost

«hindermost» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Last, farthest back** — 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

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Last, farthest back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hindermost/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Jacob's meeting with Esau, the dearest family members were placed last for safety. Interpretation: Rashi says Rachel and Joseph were placed last so Esau could not easily see Rachel, and Joseph stood behind to shield her.

### examples

- And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. (Torah GEN.33.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hindermost/#x1)
- Your mother shall be sore ashamed, she that bore you shall be confounded; behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. (Prophets JER.50.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hindermost/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1035/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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