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# possessor

«possessor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (possessors)

### meaning for a pupil

A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Abram uses it for the heir who would inherit his house. In the primary lessons: in stories, the owner of a magic object, such as a magic fluid, a goose or a gift

### examples

- And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' (Torah GEN.15.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/#x1)
- The snake is often the possessor of magic fluids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/#x2)
- Our peasant became the possessor of the goose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/#x3)
- The gift makes life a constant happiness to its possessor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; a possessor is a person, not a number.

### Trees and pragmatics

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