--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 38 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 38 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To hunker is to squat or crouch down low, often on the heels, or to sit low on a branch or a seat.[↗](../../hunker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy hunkered down behind the wall to hide.[↗](../../hunker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man hunkered by the fire.[↗](../../hunker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds hunkered on the branch in the rain.[↗](../../hunker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hunt is to chase and catch or kill wild animals for food or sport.[↗](../../hunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hunt for something means to search hard for it: hunt for your keys.[↗](../../hunt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hunt is a search or a chase, like a treasure hunt or an Easter egg hunt.[↗](../../hunt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions hunt in groups.[↗](../../hunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls hunt at night.[↗](../../hunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had an Easter egg hunt in the garden.[↗](../../hunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I hunted everywhere for my lost shoe.[↗](../../hunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, people hunted deer for meat.[↗](../../hunt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class went on a treasure hunt.[↗](../../hunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A cat hunts by waiting very still.[↗](../../hunt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The police are hunting for the thief.[↗](../../hunt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "The hunt is up!" cried the Prince.[↗](../../hunt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.[↗](../../hunt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness?[↗](../../hunt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?[↗](../../hunt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.[↗](../../hunt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **hunter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hunter is a person who hunts wild animals for food or sport.[↗](../../hunter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hunter is an animal that hunts other animals, a predator.[↗](../../hunter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hunter is someone who searches hard for something: a treasure hunter, a bargain hunter.[↗](../../hunter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stone Age people were hunter-gatherers.[↗](../../hunter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl is a silent night hunter.[↗](../../hunter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hunter followed the deer's tracks.[↗](../../hunter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats are natural hunters.[↗](../../hunter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A treasure hunter found old coins on the beach.[↗](../../hunter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharks are powerful ocean hunters.[↗](../../hunter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the hunter saved Little Red Riding Hood.[↗](../../hunter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a real bargain hunter at sales.[↗](../../hunter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.[↗](../../hunter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'[↗](../../hunter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.[↗](../../hunter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.[↗](../../hunter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **hunting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hunting is chasing and killing wild animals for food, sport or to control their numbers.[↗](../../hunting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hunting for something means looking hard for it.[↗](../../hunting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hunting is how predators catch their prey.[↗](../../hunting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Owls go hunting at night.[↗](../../hunting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions hunt in groups called prides.[↗](../../hunting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I was hunting for my lost sock all morning.[↗](../../hunting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Early people survived by hunting and gathering.[↗](../../hunting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunting tigers is against the law.[↗](../../hunting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went egg hunting at Easter.[↗](../../hunting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is hunting a mouse in the garden.[↗](../../hunting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My parents are house hunting.[↗](../../hunting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A BOY was hunting for locusts.[↗](../../hunting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.[↗](../../hunting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hunting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **huntress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A huntress is a woman or girl who hunts animals, or a goddess of hunting.[↗](../../huntress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Atalanta was a fleet-footed huntress.[↗](../../huntress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The huntress carried a bow over her shoulder.[↗](../../huntress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Artemis was the huntress of the forest.[↗](../../huntress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **huntsman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man whose job is to hunt wild animals, often for a lord or king.[↗](../../huntsman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The huntsman went into the forest with his dog.[↗](../../huntsman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The huntsman shot a deer.[↗](../../huntsman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The huntsman let the girl go free.[↗](../../huntsman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hurdles** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (sport) Hurdles are a race in which runners jump over a row of light frames: the 100 metres hurdles.[↗](../../hurdles/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hurdle is one of those frames.[↗](../../hurdles/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A problem or difficulty you must get past: the last hurdle before the holidays.[↗](../../hurdles/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old, farming) A movable fence panel of woven sticks, used to pen sheep.[↗](../../hurdles/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) to jump over something while running.[↗](../../hurdles/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She won the girls' hurdles on sports day.[↗](../../hurdles/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He knocked over the last hurdle.[↗](../../hurdles/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to read was a big hurdle for him.[↗](../../hurdles/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleared the first hurdle and got the money for the trip.[↗](../../hurdles/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer moved the hurdles to make a new sheep pen.[↗](../../hurdles/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse jumped the hurdles easily.[↗](../../hurdles/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class practised hurdles in PE.[↗](../../hurdles/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hurl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hurl something is to throw it very hard and fast.[↗](../../hurl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hurl insults or words is to shout them angrily at someone.[↗](../../hurl/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang, US) To hurl is to vomit, be sick.[↗](../../hurl/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Hurling is a fast Irish sport played with sticks (hurleys) and a small ball (sliotar).[↗](../../hurl/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He hurled the ball as far as he could.[↗](../../hurl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The angry giant hurled a rock at the castle.[↗](../../hurl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm hurled waves against the cliffs.[↗](../../hurl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullies hurled insults at him, and he walked away.[↗](../../hurl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) I ate too much candy and nearly hurled on the ride.[↗](../../hurl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Ireland, children play hurling at school.[↗](../../hurl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She hurled herself onto the bed.[↗](../../hurl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After doing this, he hurled it high into the air.[↗](../../hurl/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, (Torah NUM.35.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurl/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died; (Torah NUM.35.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.[↗](../../hurl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.[↗](../../hurl/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.63.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurl/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, the LORD will hurl thee up and down with a man's throw; yea, He will wind thee round and round; (Prophets ISA.22.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurl/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **hurling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hurling is a fast Irish team sport played with a wooden stick (a hurley) and a small ball (a sliotar).[↗](../../hurling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hurling is throwing something hard and far, often angrily.[↗](../../hurling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Hurling can mean being sick (vomiting).[↗](../../hurling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hurling is one of the fastest field sports in the world.[↗](../../hurling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin in Cork plays hurling.[↗](../../hurling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hurling team has 15 players.[↗](../../hurling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was hurling stones into the sea.[↗](../../hurling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves were hurling the boat around.[↗](../../hurling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They stopped hurling insults and shook hands.[↗](../../hurling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In hurling you can catch the ball with your hand.[↗](../../hurling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After the ride he felt like hurling.[↗](../../hurling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · SISYPHUS was a great tyrant who, according to some accounts, barbarously murdered all travellers who came into his dominions, by hurling upon them enormous pieces of rock.[↗](../../hurling/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hurrah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loud shout of joy, cheered when something good happens.[↗](../../hurrah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hurrah, we won the race\![↗](../../hurrah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd shouted hurrah.[↗](../../hurrah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals went in two by two, hurrah\![↗](../../hurrah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hurricane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hurricane is a very strong storm with violent winds and heavy rain that forms over warm seas.[↗](../../hurricane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hurricane-force winds are winds of more than about 120 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../hurricane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hurricane knocked down trees and power lines.[↗](../../hurricane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hurricanes form over warm oceans.[↗](../../hurricane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The eye of the hurricane is calm.[↗](../../hurricane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Families left their homes before the hurricane hit.[↗](../../hurricane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hurricane season is in late summer and autumn.[↗](../../hurricane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each hurricane is given a name.[↗](../../hurricane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind was blowing at hurricane force.[↗](../../hurricane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He mounted the Billy-goat, pressed his heels into its sides, and galloped down the high street like a hurricane.[↗](../../hurricane/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hurried** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hurried means done quickly because there is not much time: «a hurried breakfast».[↗](../../hurried/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hurried is the past of hurry: moved or acted fast.[↗](../../hurried/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Rushed and sometimes careless because of speed.[↗](../../hurried/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We ate a hurried breakfast and ran for the bus.[↗](../../hurried/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She hurried home before the rain.[↗](../../hurried/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrote a hurried note to his mum.[↗](../../hurried/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hurried footsteps came down the corridor.[↗](../../hurried/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His hurried work had lots of mistakes.[↗](../../hurried/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The children hurried into the hall.[↗](../../hurried/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So away he hurried to the Crane.[↗](../../hurried/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For we are consumed in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away.[↗](../../hurried/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.90.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurried/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hurriedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Doing something fast and in a rush, often because you are worried or late.[↗](../../hurriedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Come quickly," she said hurriedly.[↗](../../hurriedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rudy walked hurriedly through the mist.[↗](../../hurriedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He packed his bag hurriedly.[↗](../../hurriedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **hurry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hurry means to move or do something quickly because there is not much time.[↗](../../hurry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hurry is a need to be quick; if you are in a hurry, you have to be fast.[↗](../../hurry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hurry someone means to make them go faster.[↗](../../hurry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hurry up, or we'll miss the bus\![↗](../../hurry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She hurried home before it got dark.[↗](../../hurry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm in a hurry, so I can't talk now.[↗](../../hurry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There's no hurry; take your time.[↗](../../hurry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't hurry across the road; stop and look first.[↗](../../hurry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He hurried through his homework and made mistakes.[↗](../../hurry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't hurry me, I'm still thinking\![↗](../../hurry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit was always in a hurry.[↗](../../hurry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hurry up, can't you?" he said.[↗](../../hurry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hurt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cause pain or injury to a body.[↗](../../hurt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I hurt my knee."[↗](../../hurt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To feel pain.[↗](../../hurt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "My head hurts."[↗](../../hurt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To make someone feel sad or upset.[↗](../../hurt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Her words hurt me."[↗](../../hurt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To cause damage or harm.[↗](../../hurt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It won't hurt to ask."[↗](../../hurt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I fell and hurt my arm.[↗](../../hurt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My tummy hurts.[↗](../../hurt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful or you'll get hurt.[↗](../../hurt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mean words can hurt people's feelings.[↗](../../hurt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never hurt an animal.[↗](../../hurt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Does it hurt when I press here?[↗](../../hurt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It won't hurt to ask the teacher.[↗](../../hurt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt hurt when nobody played with her.[↗](../../hurt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.[↗](../../hurt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.[↗](../../hurt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.[↗](../../hurt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD: 'Respect not Thou their offering; I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.'[↗](../../hurt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe is me for my hurt\![↗](../../hurt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Why criest thou for thy hurt, that thy pain is incurable?[↗](../../hurt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.30.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · His feet they hurt with fetters, his person was laid in iron; (Writings PSA.105.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **hurtful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making someone feel upset or sad, usually because of unkind words or actions.[↗](../../hurtful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Calling someone names is hurtful.[↗](../../hurtful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hurtful words made him cry.[↗](../../hurtful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That joke was funny to you, but hurtful to me.[↗](../../hurtful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Think before you post hurtful comments online.[↗](../../hurtful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hurtful when they did not invite me.[↗](../../hurtful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He said sorry for being so hurtful.[↗](../../hurtful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword.[↗](../../hurtful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.144.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hurtful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hurting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hurting means causing pain or injury.[↗](../../hurting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* You are hurting me\![↗](../../hurting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hurting means feeling pain.[↗](../../hurting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* My knee is hurting.[↗](../../hurting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hurting can mean upsetting someone's feelings: hurting someone's feelings.[↗](../../hurting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My tummy is hurting.[↗](../../hurting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop it, you are hurting me\![↗](../../hurting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He did not mean to hurt her feelings.[↗](../../hurting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell the nurse if your arm is still hurting.[↗](../../hurting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mean words can be hurting too.[↗](../../hurting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was hurting, so we took it to the vet.[↗](../../hurting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be gentle so you are not hurting the kitten.[↗](../../hurting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her feet were hurting after the long walk.[↗](../../hurting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **husband** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The man a person is married to.[↗](../../husband/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, old verb) To use something carefully so as not to waste it (husband your energy).[↗](../../husband/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mrs Patel's husband is a doctor.[↗](../../husband/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt and her husband came for tea.[↗](../../husband/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They have been husband and wife for twenty years.[↗](../../husband/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her husband cooked dinner.[↗](../../husband/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen's husband is called a prince consort.[↗](../../husband/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The climbers husbanded their water on the long trek.[↗](../../husband/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her husband found these observations distasteful.[↗](../../husband/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.[↗](../../husband/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husband/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; (Torah NUM.5.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husband/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, (Torah NUM.30.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husband/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.[↗](../../husband/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husband/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; (Writings PRO.7.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husband/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou wife that committest adultery, that takest strangers instead of thy husband — (Prophets EZK.16.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husband/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **husbandman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* old use: a farmer who works the land and keeps animals.[↗](../../husbandman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was once a husbandman who had three sons.[↗](../../husbandman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The husbandman worked in his field all day.[↗](../../husbandman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.[↗](../../husbandman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husbandman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies.[↗](../../husbandman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../husbandman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") 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