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# artificer

noun (old use)

«artificer» 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

An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificer/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories and myths a clever artificer makes weapons, tools or magic objects

### Examples

- The artificer hammered the metal into a shield. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificer/#x1)
- The Greek god was a famous artificer of metal things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificer/#x2)
- Every village had a skilled artificer who mended the tools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificer/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a skilled worker in gold, silver and other materials, working for the Temple.

**Interpretation.** Tradition honors skilled craftsmen who build for holy purposes, as Bezalel did for the Tabernacle. David gathered materials so that the craftsmen could build the Temple.

### Examples

- of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. (Writings 1CH.29.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «artificer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artificer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/artificer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «artificer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artificer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artificer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/artificer.html) on Mova free.