bondwoman

«bondwoman» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: slave woman; maidservant — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

slave woman; maidservant

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A woman who is owned by another and must work for her. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say slave or maid.

examples

• And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise. (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.' (Torah GEN.21.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if he smite out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. (Torah EXO.21.27, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 10 (Torah 10, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.1 (Torah alone 23.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.'
• And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bondwoman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.