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# tiller

noun

«tiller» 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 Job, the "tillers" are the farmers who work the land, and Job swears he never cheated them.

**Interpretation.** Job's oath shows his claim to be just in all dealings. The tradition sees mistreating workers or taking the land's produce unfairly as a serious wrong.

### Meaning

A person who works the land, a farmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tiller/#m1)

### Examples

- If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed — (Writings JOB.31.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tiller/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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