begotten
part of speech
verb
meaning for a pupil
Past form of beget: fathered, having become someone's child by birth. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word for children fathered by a man. Interpretation: The laws of forbidden marriages count a half-sister as close kin even when only the father is shared.
examples
- The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (Torah LEV.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession. (Torah LEV.25.45, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? (Writings JOB.38.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives. (Prophets JDG.8.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. (Writings ECC.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.
- Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
- and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «begotten» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.