minstrel

noun (minstrel, minstrels)

«minstrel» 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 minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, the musician who sings at a castle or in the woods

Examples

The minstrel played his harp in the great hall. tree →
A minstrel sang of brave knights and dragons. tree →
The children gathered to hear the minstrel. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

A minstrel is a musician. Here it is a player of a stringed instrument whose music helps a prophet receive prophecy.

Interpretation. Tradition reads Elisha's request as showing that joy and calm of mind help prophecy to come, while anger or sadness does not.

Examples

The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels. (Writings PSA.68.26, JPS 1917) tree →
But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. (Prophets 2KI.3.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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