porter

«porter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example… — 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 (porters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A porter is a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example at a station or a hotel. tree →

2) (old use) A porter is a doorkeeper who guards the gate or entrance of a building. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A porter is a gatekeeper. In Chronicles the Levite porters guarded the gates of the Temple. Interpretation: Tradition honors the gatekeepers as serving God by guarding His house, and says even humble work in the Temple was holy. In the primary lessons: in stories, a worker who carries heavy loads, or a gatekeeper at a great house

examples

• for the four chief porters were in a set office. (Writings 1CH.9.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within. (Prophets 2KI.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. (Writings 1CH.9.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• The porter carried our bags to the train. tree →
• The porters carried the baskets up the hill. tree →
• The porter opened the great gate for the visitors. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.
• And of the singers: Eliashib; and of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
• And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;
• who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
• Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

Trees and pragmatics

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