virginity
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
The state of never having had sex. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, a bride's virginity is an important matter in the marriage laws. A priest may marry only a virgin. Interpretation: Tradition treats these laws as protecting a woman's honor. The rabbis made it very hard to punish anyone under them.
examples
- And he shall take a wife in her virginity. (Torah LEV.21.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel; (Torah DEU.22.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate. (Torah DEU.22.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'Go.' And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. (Prophets JDG.11.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- And she said unto her father: 'Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.' (Prophets JDG.11.37, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
- But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «virginity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.