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# servant

«servant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like…** — 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 servant, servants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#m1)

2) A person who works for and serves others: a public servant (a government worker), a civil servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#m2)

3) (formal, old) Used politely at the end of old letters: «Your humble servant». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Calling oneself or Moses "servant" of God, as in "servant of the LORD," is a high title, showing loyalty and closeness to God. In the primary lessons: In history lessons and stories, rich families had many servants: maids, cooks and butlers. Today «public servant» or «civil servant» means someone who works for the government. In maths: «The castle had 24 servants in 3 equal groups». Phrases: «civil servant», «public servant», «servants' quarters».

### examples

- And he said: 'I am Abraham's servant. (Torah GEN.24.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x1)
- And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. (Torah GEN.24.61, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x2)
- A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. (Torah EXO.12.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x3)
- Who is blind, but My servant? (Prophets ISA.42.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x4)
- And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants. (Writings PSA.90.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x5)
- How many are the days of Thy servant? (Writings PSA.119.84, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x6)
- The castle had many servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x7)
- The servant brought the king his dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x8)
- My aunt is a civil servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x9)
- Firefighters are public servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x10)
- The 18 servants worked in 3 groups of 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x11)
- In the story, the servant turned out to be a princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x12)
- We are no more than servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servant/#x13)

### note

Countable: servants. From «serve». Some old stories show servants treated unfairly; slavery is different — slaves were not free or paid.

### In the corpora

- [And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.242/)
- [And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.243/)
- [God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.244/)
- [And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.566/)
- [And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.629/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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