dowry

«dowry» in Mova's judaism dictionary: money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her… — 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 (dowry, dowries)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, money a man pays to the father of a bride (the "bride-price"), which a seducer must pay for a girl he has wronged. Interpretation: Later Jewish law turned this into the ketubah, the marriage contract that protects the wife. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales a gift that goes with a princess or a girl when she is married

examples

• If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. (Torah EXO.22.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.' (Torah GEN.34.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The king gave his daughter a rich dowry. tree →
• Her father promised a dowry of gold and cows. tree →
• In the old story the poor girl had no dowry. tree →

note

nothing for maths; a dowry is an amount of money, so in a sharing problem it is the total to be divided, not a count

In the corpora

• (22-16) If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

Trees and pragmatics

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