servile
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
Fit for a slave or servant; having to do with hard, ordinary labor. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Servile work" is the kind of work forbidden on holy days like the first and last days of Passover and Sukkot. Interpretation: The rabbis explain "servile work" as the kinds of labor forbidden on festivals, though cooking food is allowed. On the Sabbath all such work is forbidden.
examples
- On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. (Torah LEV.23.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work; (Torah NUM.28.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. (Torah LEV.23.7, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
- Ye shall do no manner of servile work; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
- In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work;
- And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «servile» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.