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# vagabond

«vagabond» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person with no home or regular work who wanders from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (vagabond, vagabonds); also used as an adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#m1)

2) (informal, in old tales) A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a wanderer with no home, who must beg. In the Psalms it is part of a curse on an enemy's family. Interpretation: The tradition notes that wandering and begging are among the worst fates in the Bible, and it teaches people to give charity to the poor. In the primary lessons: in tales a wandering poor man or a naughty boy is called a vagabond, often by someone cross with him

### examples

- Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. (Writings PSA.109.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#x1)
- "That vagabond, bad luck to him--" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#x2)
- "Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#x3)
- I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2024/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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