midwife

«midwife» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while… — 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

noun (a midwife, midwives)

meaning for a pupil

1) A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards. tree →

2) (figurative) A person who helps something new to come into being. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Hebrew midwives of Egypt, Shiphrah and Puah, are told by Pharaoh to kill Hebrew baby boys. Midwives also help at the births of Perez and Zerah. Interpretation: The rabbis praise the midwives for fearing God and refusing the order. Some commentators say they were Jochebed and Miriam. In the primary lessons: In everyday life a midwife visits a pregnant mum, helps the baby be born and checks the new baby. In stories, especially in history, the village midwife delivered babies at home. Phrases: community midwife, the midwife delivered the baby.

examples

• And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.' (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.' (Torah GEN.38.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• The midwife helped my baby brother be born. tree →
• Mum saw the midwife every few weeks before the birth. tree →
• The midwife weighed the newborn baby. tree →
• My aunt is a midwife at the hospital. tree →
• In the old village, the midwife came to people's homes. tree →
• The midwife listened to the baby's heartbeat. tree →
• Men can be midwives too. tree →

note

Irregular plural: midwives (f to v), like wife/wives. «Mid-» here once meant «with», so midwife = «with the woman». Both men and women can be midwives.

In the corpora

• But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
• And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
• And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
• Midwives and doctors check on mum and baby all the way through.
• A midwife is a nurse trained to care for women and babies during pregnancy, birth and the first days after.

Trees and pragmatics

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