prisoner
part of speech
noun (a prisoner, prisoners)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who is kept in prison as a punishment for a crime. tree →
2) A person who is caught and kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave (a prisoner of war). tree →
3) Someone who feels trapped by something (a prisoner of fear). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A person kept in prison. In the Psalms, Job and Lamentations, prisoners are people in captivity or distress, and the prophets use it for exiles. Interpretation: Tradition reads the Psalm as teaching that God hears the needy and does not despise those in captivity. Lamentations is read as showing that crushing prisoners is a wrong God sees. In the primary lessons: Used in history (prisoners of war, castles and dungeons), stories and news about crime. Tells the reader someone has lost their freedom. Phrases: «take someone prisoner», «hold prisoner», «prisoner of war», «escaped prisoner».
examples
- And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison. (Torah GEN.39.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. (Torah GEN.39.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, (Writings LAM.3.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners. (Writings PSA.69.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. (Writings JOB.3.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The prisoner was locked in a cell. tree →
- The knight was taken prisoner. tree →
- Two prisoners escaped from the jail. tree →
- The pirates held the captain prisoner on their ship. tree →
- Prisoners of war were sent home at the end of the war. tree →
- She felt like a prisoner in her own house during the storm. tree →
note
Countable. Related words: «prison» (the building), «jail» (US «jail», UK also «gaol» — old spelling), «imprison». A «prisoner» is not always a criminal: prisoners of war are soldiers who were captured.
In the corpora
- That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'
- Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope; even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.
- For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.
- To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
- The LORD looseth the prisoners;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prisoner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.