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# husbandman

noun (husbandmen)

«husbandman» 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

old use: a farmer who works the land and keeps animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husbandman/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, a poor farmer, often the father of three sons

### Examples

- There was once a husbandman who had three sons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husbandman/#x1)
- The husbandman worked in his field all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husbandman/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a person and gives no number

## In Jewish tradition

Here it names Noah as the first man to plant a vineyard after the flood.

**Interpretation.** Tradition often comments on Noah planting a vineyard and then getting drunk. Some commentators see it as a sad new beginning after the flood.

### Examples

- And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. (Torah GEN.9.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husbandman/#x1)
- And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies. (Prophets JER.51.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husbandman/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a person and gives no number

## On Mova

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