bearer
part of speech
noun (bearers)
meaning for a pupil
A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the wilderness the Kohathites carried the holiest things of the sanctuary on their shoulders. Interpretation: The Kohathites carried the ark and the vessels on their shoulders, while other families used wagons. Tradition says this showed that holy things are to be carried with honour. In the primary lessons: in stories, the people who carry a canopy, a bride's goods or a sick man through the forest
examples
- And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming. (Torah NUM.10.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Prophets 2SA.23.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Writings 1CH.11.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. (Writings 1CH.10.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The bearers lifted the heavy box. tree →
- The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill. tree →
- Two bearers carried the sick man home. tree →
- The flag bearer walked at the front. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming.
- And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.
- And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
- So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
- Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;
Trees and pragmatics
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