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# worker

noun (worker, workers)

«worker» 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 worker is a person who does a job, often to make or build something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#m1)
2. A worker is someone who works in a certain way: «a hard worker», «a fast worker». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#m2)
3. Worker bees and worker ants are those that do the jobs of the hive or nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school maths: people doing work at a rate; more workers finish faster (inverse relation); wages per worker. In science: worker bees collect nectar; ant colonies. In everyday life: farm workers, health workers, factory workers. Phrases: «a hard worker», «aid worker», «office worker», «worker bee».

### Examples

- 4 workers build a wall in 6 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x1)
- Each worker earns 50 dollars a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x2)
- 3 workers paint 12 rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x3)
- How many workers are needed? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x4)
- Worker bees collect nectar from flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x5)
- She is a hard worker in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x6)
- Road workers fixed the hole in the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x7)
- Health workers helped many people get better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x8)
- No one will ever make a worker out of me.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worker/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a worker». Maths: work = workers × rate × time. Trap: more workers means less time, not more (an inverse relation): if 4 workers need 6 days, 8 workers need 3 days.

## In Jewish tradition

In the phrase "workers of iniquity" it means people who do wicked deeds, not people who do jobs.

**Interpretation.** The Psalms and Job often set these wrongdoers against the righteous. Tradition teaches that God will not let evil win in the end.

### Examples

- Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? (Writings PSA.94.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worker/#x1)
- Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? (Writings JOB.31.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worker/#x2)
- Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. (Writings JOB.34.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worker/#x3)

### Note

Countable: «a worker». Maths: work = workers × rate × time. Trap: more workers means less time, not more (an inverse relation): if 4 workers need 6 days, 8 workers need 3 days.

## On Mova

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