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# 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearer/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearer/#x1)
- The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearer/#x2)
- Two bearers carried the sick man home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearer/#x3)
- The flag bearer walked at the front. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearer/#x4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearer/#x1)
- Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Prophets 2SA.23.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearer/#x2)
- Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah; (Writings 1CH.11.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearer/#x3)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearer/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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