taskmaster
noun
In Jewish tradition
In Exodus these are the Egyptian overseers set over the Israelite slaves to make them work.
Interpretation. At the Passover seder, the taskmasters stand for the cruelty of slavery from which God freed Israel.
Meaning
A person who sets hard work for others and makes sure they do it. tree →
Examples
- Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying: (Torah EXO.5.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.' (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. (Writings JOB.3.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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