dealer

«dealer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person or business that buys and sells a particular… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dealer, dealers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A dealer is a person or business that buys and sells a particular kind of thing, such as cars, art or antiques. tree →

2) In card games, the dealer is the person who hands out the cards. tree →

3) A drug dealer is a person who sells illegal drugs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah and Habakkuk it means a person who acts falsely, a betrayer. It does not mean a seller. Interpretation: The prophets are read as warning that cheating and betrayal bring down empires. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: car dealers, art dealers, antique dealers. In card games at home and school: «Who's the dealer?» In safety lessons: drug dealers break the law and may target young people; say no and tell a trusted adult.

examples

• A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. (Prophets ISA.21.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. (Prophets HAB.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Dad bought our car from a dealer. tree →
• The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt five each. tree →
• The art dealer sold the painting for a lot of money. tree →
• It's your turn to be the dealer. tree →
• Never take anything from a drug dealer — tell an adult. tree →
• The antique dealer said the clock was 200 years old. tree →
• Then the horse-dealers came together and began to bargain for it. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: deal, past dealt (pronounced «delt»). Related: dealership (a car dealer's shop).

In the corpora

• A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.
• New cars travel to dealers on double-deck car transporter lorries, and car ships can carry several thousand cars at once.

Trees and pragmatics

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