marry

«marry» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to become their husband or wife in a wedding — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (marry, marries, married, marrying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To marry someone means to become their husband or wife in a wedding. tree →

2) To marry means to perform the wedding: "The priest married them." tree →

3) To marry two things means to join or combine them well. tree →

4) Marry is an old word, used to mean "indeed" or "truly" to show strong feeling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Ezra and Nehemiah condemn marrying foreign women who worshipped other gods. The worry was that they would lead Israel away from God. Interpretation: Tradition reads these laws as being about protecting the faith and keeping the people loyal to God. It was not seen as hatred of other nations. In the primary lessons: In stories: fairy tales often end with the prince and princess marrying. In everyday life: weddings, getting married. Phrases: marry someone, get married, married to, marry into.

examples

• Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?' (Writings NEH.13.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• My aunt is going to marry her boyfriend next summer. tree →
• They got married in a small church. tree →
• The prince married the princess and they lived happily ever after. tree →
• My grandparents have been married for fifty years. tree →
• The judge married the couple at the town hall. tree →
• This dish marries sweet and sour flavours. tree →
• "Marry, I'm in earnest," said the tinker. tree →

note

Spelling: marries, married (y to i). Say "marry someone", not "marry with someone". "Get married" is common in speech. Do not confuse with "merry" (happy) or "Mary" (a name): in some accents they sound alike. In maths: years married = this year's number − wedding year's number.

In the corpora

• And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
• For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
• And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
• In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
• Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?'

Trees and pragmatics

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