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# taskmaster

noun

«taskmaster» 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

In Exodus these are the Egyptian overseers set over the Israelite slaves to make them work.

**Interpretation.** At the Passover seder, the taskmasters stand for the cruelty of slavery from which God freed Israel.

### Meaning

A person who sets hard work for others and makes sure they do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taskmaster/#m1)

### Examples

- Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taskmaster/#x1)
- And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying: (Torah EXO.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taskmaster/#x2)
- And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.' (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taskmaster/#x3)
- There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. (Writings JOB.3.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taskmaster/#x4)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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