maid

«maid» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a woman whose job is to clean and do housework in a hotel… — 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 maid, maids)

meaning for a pupil

1) A maid is a woman whose job is to clean and do housework in a hotel or someone's house. tree →

2) (old use) A maid is a girl or young unmarried woman: «a fair maid». tree →

3) A bridesmaid or maid of honour is a girl or woman who helps the bride at a wedding. tree →

4) An old maid is an older woman who has never married, a term that is now seen as old-fashioned and sometimes unkind. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a female servant, as in "maid-servant", often belonging to a household. Interpretation: The Torah has laws that protect servants, such as limits on how a daughter sold as a servant may be treated and rest on the Sabbath for all in the house. In the primary lessons: In stories and history lessons, rich families had maids and servants; in fairy tales a «maid» is a young woman. In hotels today, room cleaners are sometimes called maids, though «housekeeper» is more polite. Phrases: «maid of honour», «housemaid», «old maid» (old-fashioned, unkind), «Maid Marian» (from Robin Hood).

examples

• And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses. (Torah GEN.30.43, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children. (Torah GEN.20.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. (Torah EXO.21.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids. (Prophets ZEC.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid? (Writings JOB.31.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• The hotel maid cleaned our room every morning. tree →
• In the old house, a maid lit the fires at dawn. tree →
• The milk maid carried two buckets on a pole. tree →
• My sister will be the maid of honour at the wedding. tree →
• Maid Marian was Robin Hood's friend. tree →
• The story tells of a poor maid who married a prince. tree →
• Long ago, many girls went into service as maids. tree →
• What is the old maid thinking of? tree →

note

Countable: maids. Homophone: «made» (past of make) sounds the same. «Old maid» is old-fashioned and unkind; also a card game. Today «cleaner» or «housekeeper» is the more respectful job title.

In the corpora

• And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
• Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?
• Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.
• I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
• If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —

Trees and pragmatics

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