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# jew

«jew» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family…** — 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 (a Jew, Jews)

### meaning for a pupil

A person whose religion is Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family and culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Esther a Jew is a person of the people of Judah, as Mordecai is called, a descendant of Benjamin living in Persia. Later the word came to mean any member of the Jewish people. Interpretation: Tradition notes that Mordecai is called "the Jew" although he was of the tribe of Benjamin, because the name came from Judah and was then used for the whole people. Purim recalls how the Jews of Persia were saved. In the primary lessons: In religious education and history lessons: Jews worship in a synagogue, keep Shabbat, and celebrate festivals like Passover and Hanukkah. In history, pupils learn about how Jews were persecuted, especially in the Holocaust. It is a name of a people and faith, written with a capital J.

### examples

- who believe that he was a Jew. (Rathgeber, Grossyriechtnlaud und Pylha- noras, Gotha 1866, pp. 325, 461, 466). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x1)
- Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.' (Writings EST.5.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x2)
- Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote down all the acts of power, to confirm this second letter of Purim. (Writings EST.9.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x3)
- There was a certain Jew in Shushan the castle, whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite, (Writings EST.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x4)
- Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x5)
- My friend Sam is a Jew and goes to synagogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x6)
- Jews around the world celebrate Passover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x7)
- We learned about Jewish festivals in RE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x8)
- Many Jews keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x9)
- The museum tells the story of Jews in our city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/jew/#x10)

### note

Always capital J. Adjective: Jewish (often more polite to say «a Jewish person» or «Jewish people»). Never use the word as an insult or as a verb — that is offensive and hurtful. Do not confuse with «jewel» or «dew».

### In the corpora

- [This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1473/)
- [Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.93/)
- [The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.143/)
- [And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.145/)
- [And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.151/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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