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# mistress

«mistress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (mistresses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#m1)

2) (old use) A mistress is a female teacher in some old schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Sarai is the mistress of Hagar, her maidservant. The angel tells Hagar to return to her. Interpretation: The commentators discuss whether Sarai was harsh with Hagar. The angel's command is read as a lesson that Hagar should return and accept her place. In the primary lessons: the woman who rules a house, or who owns servants; in old stories a servant speaks to her mistress

### examples

- And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.' (Torah GEN.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x1)
- And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. (Torah GEN.16.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x2)
- And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x3)
- 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/M/mistress/#x4)
- Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms. (Prophets ISA.47.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x5)
- And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.' (Prophets 2KI.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x6)
- The maid went to tell her mistress the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x7)
- The cat's mistress fed her every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x8)
- Our school mistress read us a story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x9)
- The mistress of the house gave orders to the cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mistress/#x10)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.406/)
- [For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.887/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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