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# betrothed

«betrothed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **promised in marriage, engaged to be married** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (no other forms); also a noun, «my betrothed» (formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#m1)

2) A person's betrothed is the person they are engaged to marry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Legally engaged to a man, so that she is already treated as his wife in law, though the wedding has not yet happened. Interpretation: The law protects the betrothed woman: unfaithfulness with her is treated like adultery, and the tradition notes that a woman attacked in the open field is not blamed. In the primary lessons: in tales the princess and her betrothed are often happy together, and the betrothed is the one chosen for the wedding.

### examples

- For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x1)
- If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; (Torah DEU.22.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x2)
- And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x3)
- And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.' (Prophets 2SA.3.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x4)
- Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x5)
- The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x6)
- The betrothed pair were very happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.611/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «betrothed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.