builder

«builder» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other… — 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

noun (a builder, builders)

meaning for a pupil

1) A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings. tree →

2) A builder is anyone or anything that builds something, like a nest builder or a Lego builder. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Sefer Yetzirah passage the builders are people who learned Abraham's secret of creating by letters and numbers and then copied him. Tradition does not treat them as equal to him. In the Tanakh builders are workmen who build walls and ships, and the psalm says the stone the builders rejected became the chief corner-stone. Interpretation: The rabbis read the rejected stone as a picture of Israel, or of a person whom others looked down on, whom God raises up. Nehemiah's builders, each with a sword at his side, are read as a sign of faith joined with watchfulness. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, builders work on houses, schools and roads, wearing hard hats and high-visibility jackets. In safety lessons, building sites are dangerous places to play: there are holes, machines and falling objects. In stories and songs, like «Bob the Builder», builders fix and make things. Phrases: «a team of builders», «confidence builder».

examples

• man's secret and method, they began to irritate liim with their words, and tinally left liim, t;iking his science with them and became builders like him. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. (Writings PSA.118.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. (Writings NEH.4.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. (Prophets EZK.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The builders are putting a new roof on the school. tree →
• My uncle is a builder. tree →
• Builders wear hard hats to protect their heads. tree →
• Never play on a building site. tree →
• Beavers are great builders of dams. tree →
• The builder mixed cement for the wall. tree →
• She is a brilliant Lego builder. tree →
• Sports can be a good confidence builder. tree →
• I should prefer to be a builder at once, there is something real in that. tree →

note

Countable. Spelling: «builder» with «ui» (build, built, builder). In maths problems, builders often appear in work and time questions: if 2 builders take 10 days, more builders usually take fewer days.

In the corpora

• Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
• The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.
• and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
• Following instructions is a real skill, and builders learn tricks from sets that they later use in their own models.
• A missing piece rarely ruins a model: builders swap in another brick, and single pieces can be ordered.

Trees and pragmatics

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