husband
part of speech
noun (a husband, husbands); verb (husband — formal: to use carefully)
meaning for a pupil
1) The man a person is married to. tree →
2) (formal, old verb) To use something carefully so as not to waste it (husband your energy). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used as in everyday English for a woman's married man. It often appears in laws about marriage, vows and unfaithfulness. Interpretation: The law of jealousy and the law of vows show how the husband and wife relationship was protected by law. The rabbis built much of Jewish marriage law on such verses. In the primary lessons: Family word in everyday life and stories; family trees in school. Phrases: «husband and wife», «her husband», «ex-husband».
examples
- And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; (Torah NUM.5.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, (Torah NUM.30.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. (Writings RUT.1.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; (Writings PRO.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou wife that committest adultery, that takest strangers instead of thy husband — (Prophets EZK.16.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mrs Patel's husband is a doctor. tree →
- My aunt and her husband came for tea. tree →
- They have been husband and wife for twenty years. tree →
- Her husband cooked dinner. tree →
- The queen's husband is called a prince consort. tree →
- (formal) The climbers husbanded their water on the long trek. tree →
- Her husband found these observations distasteful. tree →
note
Countable. Partner word: «wife» (plural wives); together «spouses» or «a married couple». In maths: a husband and wife = 2 people; «5 couples» = 10 people.
In the corpora
- And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.
- This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
- And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
- And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.
- And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «husband» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.