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# bondmaid

noun

«bondmaid» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

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

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bondmaid/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

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