mistress
part of speech
noun (mistresses)
meaning for a pupil
1) A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals. tree →
2) (old use) A mistress is a female teacher in some old schools. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Sarai is the mistress of Hagar, her maidservant. The angel tells Hagar to return to her. Interpretation: The commentators discuss whether Sarai was harsh with Hagar. The angel's command is read as a lesson that Hagar should return and accept her place. In the primary lessons: the woman who rules a house, or who owns servants; in old stories a servant speaks to her mistress
examples
- And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.' (Torah GEN.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. (Torah GEN.16.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms. (Prophets ISA.47.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.' (Prophets 2KI.5.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- The maid went to tell her mistress the news. tree →
- The cat's mistress fed her every morning. tree →
- Our school mistress read us a story. tree →
- The mistress of the house gave orders to the cook. tree →
note
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In the corpora
- And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'
- For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Trees and pragmatics
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