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# sojourner

noun

«sojourner» 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

The Hebrew word names a stranger who lives among the people. Israel was a sojourner in Egypt, and the Torah says to treat sojourners kindly.

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches love and fairness toward the stranger because Israel knew what it was to be strangers. The word reminds Jews that the land belongs to God and that they are guests in it.

### Meaning

A person who stays in a place for a time without being a full citizen, a temporary resident or stranger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sojourner/#m1)

### Examples

- Yea, very few, and sojourners in it, (Writings PSA.105.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sojourner/#x1)
- and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day. (Prophets 2SA.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sojourner/#x2)
- When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it, (Writings 1CH.16.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sojourner/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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