sojourner

«sojourner» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who stays in a place for a time without being a… — 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

meaning for a pupil

A person who stays in a place for a time without being a full citizen, a temporary resident or stranger. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Hebrew word names a stranger who lives among the people. Israel was a sojourner in Egypt, and the Torah says to treat sojourners kindly. Interpretation: Tradition teaches love and fairness toward the stranger because Israel knew what it was to be strangers. The word reminds Jews that the land belongs to God and that they are guests in it.

examples

• Yea, very few, and sojourners in it, (Writings PSA.105.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day. (Prophets 2SA.4.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it, (Writings 1CH.16.19, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.
• and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.
• Yea, very few, and sojourners in it,
• I am a sojourner in the earth; hide not Thy commandments from me.
• When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,

Trees and pragmatics

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