bondman
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
A male slave or servant, a man who is owned or bound to serve. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A slave in Torah law, who must rest on Shabbat and must be treated humanely. Israel is told to remember it was once a bondman in Egypt. The Prophets also use it for a nation made to serve a stronger one, and say God will break that yoke. Interpretation: The rabbis made Hebrew servitude short and gentle, and said a master must treat his servant as himself. Remembering Egypt is a reason for kindness. The prophets' promise that Israel will no longer be a bondman is read as a hope of redemption.
examples
- Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee; (Torah DEU.23.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. (Torah DEU.16.12, 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 →
- but he shall say: 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.' (Prophets ZEC.13.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman. (Prophets JER.27.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bands; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman; (Prophets JER.30.8, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.'
- Let us find favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.'
- And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold, we are thy bondmen.'
- For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.
- And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Trees and pragmatics
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