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# eunuch

noun (plural eunuchs)

«eunuch» 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 eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eunuch/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales of kings and princesses, the eunuch is the servant who carries messages and guards the palace rooms

### Examples

- The eunuch hurried back to the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eunuch/#x1)
- The eunuch carried the letter to the princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eunuch/#x2)
- The king sent for the chief of the eunuchs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eunuch/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh it can mean a court official as well as a castrated man. Isaiah speaks of eunuchs who keep the Sabbath.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah promises that eunuchs who hold to the covenant will have a better name than sons and daughters. Tradition reads this as welcoming people who feel left out.

### Examples

- For thus saith the LORD concerning the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and hold fast by My covenant: (Prophets ISA.56.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x1)
- Neither let the alien, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying: 'The LORD will surely separate me from His people'; neither let the eunuch say: 'Behold, I am a dry tree.' (Prophets ISA.56.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eunuch/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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