maker
part of speech
noun (maker, makers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A maker is a person, company or machine that makes something, like a toy maker or a coffee maker. tree →
2) A maker is also a person who likes building and inventing things. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a title of God as the one who made heaven and earth. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as saying that God alone is the source of all things, and Sefer Yetzirah speaks of the Maker and His Creators. In the primary lessons: In maths: a person or machine that makes things at a rate (a toy maker makes 8 toys an hour): total = rate × time; two makers together make the sum of their rates. In design and technology: makers build, test and improve. Everyday life: an ice maker, a bread maker, a coffee maker. Phrases: toy maker, cake maker, film maker, peacemaker, troublemaker, decision maker.
examples
- And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth; (Torah GEN.14.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, (Torah GEN.14.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Make a thing stand in assembly before its Creators; return the Maker to His Site. [1:5] Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Their measure is ten; they have no edge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Shall a man be pure before his Maker? (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night; (Writings JOB.35.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. (Writings JOB.36.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- A toy maker makes 8 toys an hour. tree →
- The ice maker makes 24 cubes each time. tree →
- Each cake maker bakes 5 cakes a day. tree →
- A coffee maker costs $40. tree →
- Dad turned on the coffee maker. tree →
- The violin maker carved the wood by hand. tree →
- A troublemaker is someone who causes trouble. tree →
- At the makers' fair children showed robots they built. tree →
- Vans was a giant, and a bottle-maker. tree →
note
Often joined to another word: troublemaker, peacemaker, filmmaker. Makers often come with a rate: total = rate × time. Trap: two makers together make the sum of their rates.
In the corpora
- And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
- In that day shall a man regard his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.
- Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!
- They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go in confusion together that are makers of idols.
- Thus saith the LORD the Maker thereof, the LORD that formed it to establish it, the LORD is His name:
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «maker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.