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# bride

«bride» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who has just got…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bride, brides)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who has just got married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) Christians sometimes call the church «the bride of Christ», a picture of Jesus's love for his people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A woman at her wedding. In the Song of Songs and the prophets, it is a picture of love between God and Israel. Interpretation: Tradition reads the Song of Songs as love between God and Israel. The Sabbath is welcomed as a bride, and brides appear in the seven wedding blessings. In the primary lessons: In stories and family life the bride wears a special dress and walks up the aisle; her partner is the groom (bridegroom). In church weddings the bride and groom make promises (vows). Phrases: «bride and groom», «the bride's father», «bride-to-be», «the bride wore white», «here comes the bride».

### examples

- Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x1)
- A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. (Writings SNG.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x2)
- Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace. (Writings SNG.4.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x3)
- The bride wore a long white dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x4)
- The bride and groom cut the cake together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x5)
- My aunt will be a bride next spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x6)
- The flower girl walked in front of the bride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x7)
- Everyone stood up when the bride came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x8)
- In the fairy tale the princess became the prince's bride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x9)
- The bride's father made a funny speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x10)
- The bride was delighted with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bride/#x11)

### note

Countable noun. Adjective: bridal (bridal dress). A bridesmaid helps the bride. The man is the groom or bridegroom. Not to be confused with «bribe» (money given to make someone do wrong) or «pride».

### In the corpora

- [Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.59/)
- [A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.58/)
- [Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/13/)
- [An old Jewish teaching says every bride should be praised on her wedding day as beautiful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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