bondmaid
noun
In Jewish tradition
Torah law allows owning bondmaids bought from the nations around, but sets rules to protect them.
Interpretation. Tradition limits slavery strictly, treating servants as people with rights, such as rest on Shabbat and humane treatment.
Meaning
A female slave or servant, a woman who is owned or bound to serve. tree →
Examples
- And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. (Torah LEV.25.44, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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