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# bondwoman

noun

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

## In Jewish tradition

Hagar is called Abraham's bondwoman, and Torah laws also protect bondwomen.

**Interpretation.** God promises that Hagar's son Ishmael will also become a nation. Tradition sees care for servants as part of justice.

### 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/bondwoman/#m1)

### Examples

- And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise. (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bondwoman/#x1)
- And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.' (Torah GEN.21.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bondwoman/#x2)
- And if he smite out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. (Torah EXO.21.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bondwoman/#x3)

### Note

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

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A woman who is owned by another and must work for her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bondwoman/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say slave or maid.

### Examples

- And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise. (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bondwoman/#x1)
- And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.' (Torah GEN.21.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bondwoman/#x2)
- And if he smite out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. (Torah EXO.21.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bondwoman/#x3)

### Note

Today: slave woman; maidservant.

## On Mova

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