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# porter

noun (porters)

«porter» 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

1. A porter is a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example at a station or a hotel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porter/#m1)
2. (old use) A porter is a doorkeeper who guards the gate or entrance of a building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porter/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a worker who carries heavy loads, or a gatekeeper at a great house

### Examples

- The porter carried our bags to the train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porter/#x1)
- The porters carried the baskets up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porter/#x2)
- The porter opened the great gate for the visitors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porter/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

A porter is a gatekeeper. In Chronicles the Levite porters guarded the gates of the Temple.

**Interpretation.** Tradition honors the gatekeepers as serving God by guarding His house, and says even humble work in the Temple was holy.

### Examples

- for the four chief porters were in a set office. (Writings 1CH.9.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x1)
- And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within. (Prophets 2KI.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x2)
- On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. (Writings 1CH.9.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/porter/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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