widowhood

«widowhood» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The time or state of being a widow — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The time or state of being a widow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Tamar wears "garments of her widowhood" while waiting for Judah to give her to his son. Interpretation: The clothing marks her status, and tradition sees her later daring act as seeking the right to have children in Judah's family.

examples

• And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. (Torah GEN.38.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive. (Prophets 2SA.20.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more. (Prophets ISA.54.4, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
• So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.

Trees and pragmatics

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