[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/scribe.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / scribe [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # scribe «scribe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person whose job was to write or copy documents by…** — 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 scribe, scribes); verb (scribe — rare) ### meaning for a pupil 1) (history) A person whose job was to write or copy documents by hand, before printing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#m1) 2) (Bible) In the New Testament, the scribes were experts in Jewish law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#m2) 3) (school) An adult who writes down a pupil's answers in a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#m3) 4) (informal, humorous) A writer or journalist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets and Writings scribes are royal officials, like Sheva in David's court and the sons of Shisha under Solomon. Jeremiah complains that the scribes' pen has worked falsely. Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah it is part of the three ways God made the world: Scribe, Script and Scroll, which is also writing, counting and speaking. Jeremiah's verse is read as a warning that those who copy and teach the Torah must not twist it. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, Egyptian scribes wrote hieroglyphs; monks were scribes copying Bibles. In the Bible, Jesus spoke with the scribes and Pharisees. In school, a scribe helps a child who cannot write easily. Phrases: «act as a scribe», «the scribes and Pharisees». ### examples - (1) "isiD (Scribe), the man whom God inspired to invent the alphabet; (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x1) - Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x2) - "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x3) - and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (Prophets 2SA.20.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x4) - Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes. (Prophets JER.8.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x5) - Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; (Prophets 1KI.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x6) - Ancient Egyptian scribes wrote on papyrus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x7) - The monk worked as a scribe copying the Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x8) - In the Bible, Jesus argued with the scribes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x9) - A scribe helped Sam write his test answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x10) - You can be the scribe for your group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x11) - The king's scribe wrote down every word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x12) - By his orders this story and the others I had told him were written by his scribes in letters of gold, and laid up among his treasures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/#x13) ### note Countable. Related: «scribble», «script». In group work the «scribe» is the person who writes notes. ### In the corpora - [and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.227/) - [and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.632/) - [Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.139/) - [Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.247/) - [So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1008/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «scribe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scribe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.