watchman

«watchman» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person paid to stay awake and guard a building or… — 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 (watchmen)

meaning for a pupil

1) A watchman is a person paid to stay awake and guard a building or street at night. tree →

2) An old watchman was also someone who called out the time of night in a town. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A watchman stood on a wall or tower to see danger or messengers coming and call out. The prophets are also called watchmen. Interpretation: Ezekiel is made a watchman for Israel, and tradition teaches that a leader must warn people of wrongdoing. Isaiah's watchman is read as a picture of waiting for the night of exile to end. In the primary lessons: the old night guard of a town, who walks the streets and calls out the hour

examples

• And the watchman cried, and told the king. (Prophets 2SA.18.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? (Prophets ISA.21.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth! (Prophets ISA.21.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why, at the old watchman's house. tree →
• So then the watchman was again watchman. tree →
• «What's the hour, watchman?» asked a passer-by. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And the watchman cried, and told the king.
• He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
• For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth!
• One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night?
• Watchman, what of the night?'

Trees and pragmatics

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