adulteress

«adulteress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A married woman who has a sexual relationship with a man… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A married woman who has a sexual relationship with a man who is not her husband. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Leviticus makes adultery a crime punishable by death for both people. Interpretation: The rabbis treat the law as applying equally to man and woman, and as protecting the family.

examples

• And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (Torah LEV.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. (Writings PRO.6.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• But righteous men, they shall judge them as adulteresses are judged, and as women that shed blood are judged; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. (Prophets EZK.23.45, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD said unto me: 'Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. (Prophets HOS.3.1, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «adulteress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.