wife

«wife» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the woman a person is married to — 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 wife, wives)

meaning for a pupil

1) A wife is the woman a person is married to. tree →

2) (old) In old stories and old phrases, "wife" can mean simply a woman, as in "old wives' tale". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A married woman, named often in the family lists of the Torah. In the primary lessons: In stories and family trees it shows who is married to whom: "husband and wife". In word problems it names family members who share things or work together. Phrases: husband and wife, his wife, ex-wife, old wives' tale (a common belief that is not true).

examples

• These are the sons of Adah Esau's wife. (Torah GEN.36.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• These were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. (Torah GEN.36.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• These are the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. (Torah GEN.36.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. (Prophets 2SA.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. (Prophets 1SA.18.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. (Writings PSA.109.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Mr Patel's wife is a nurse. tree →
• The farmer and his wife milked the cows. tree →
• They became husband and wife at the wedding. tree →
• My uncle's wife is my aunt. tree →
• The king and his wife waved from the balcony. tree →
• "Cracking your knuckles gives you big hands" is just an old wives' tale. tree →
• A man and his wife share 24 apples equally, so each gets 12. tree →
• His wife drove the kids to footy practice. tree →
• But his wife called after him:-- tree →

note

Irregular plural: one wife, two wives (f changes to v). Possessive: "his wife's car". "Old wives' tale" means a myth, not a story about wives. The partner word is "husband"; "spouse" or "partner" covers either.

In the corpora

• Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
• And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
• And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
• And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
• And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Trees and pragmatics

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