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# servile

«servile» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Fit for a slave or servant; having to do with hard…** — 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

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Fit for a slave or servant; having to do with hard, ordinary labor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servile/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Servile work" is the kind of work forbidden on holy days like the first and last days of Passover and Sukkot. Interpretation: The rabbis explain "servile work" as the kinds of labor forbidden on festivals, though cooking food is allowed. On the Sabbath all such work is forbidden.

### examples

- On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. (Torah LEV.23.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servile/#x1)
- In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work; (Torah NUM.28.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servile/#x2)
- In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. (Torah LEV.23.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/servile/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.671/)
- [Ye shall do no manner of servile work; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.689/)
- [On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.699/)
- [In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1025/)
- [And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1032/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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