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# porter

«porter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example…** — 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 (porters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A porter is a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example at a station or a hotel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#m1)

2) (old use) A porter is a doorkeeper who guards the gate or entrance of a building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A porter is a gatekeeper. In Chronicles the Levite porters guarded the gates of the Temple. Interpretation: Tradition honors the gatekeepers as serving God by guarding His house, and says even humble work in the Temple was holy. In the primary lessons: in stories, a worker who carries heavy loads, or a gatekeeper at a great house

### examples

- for the four chief porters were in a set office. (Writings 1CH.9.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x1)
- And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within. (Prophets 2KI.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x2)
- On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. (Writings 1CH.9.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x3)
- The porter carried our bags to the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x4)
- The porters carried the baskets up the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x5)
- The porter opened the great gate for the visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.209/)
- [And of the singers: Eliashib; and of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.266/)
- [And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.426/)
- [who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.427/)
- [Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.430/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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