bearer

noun (bearers)

«bearer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher. tree →

In the lessons

in stories, the people who carry a canopy, a bride's goods or a sick man through the forest

Examples

The bearers lifted the heavy box. tree →
The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill. tree →
Two bearers carried the sick man home. tree →
The flag bearer walked at the front. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In the wilderness the Kohathites carried the holiest things of the sanctuary on their shoulders.

Interpretation. The Kohathites carried the ark and the vessels on their shoulders, while other families used wagons. Tradition says this showed that holy things are to be carried with honour.

Examples

And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming. (Torah NUM.10.21, JPS 1917) tree →
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Prophets 2SA.23.37, JPS 1917) tree →
Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Writings 1CH.11.39, JPS 1917) tree →
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. (Writings 1CH.10.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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Trees and pragmatics of «bearer» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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