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# widow

«widow» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again** — 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 widow, widows); verb (be widowed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#m1)

2) In printing, a widow is a single short line left alone at the top of a page or column. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A woman whose husband died, who had no protector, so the Torah repeatedly commands care for her. Interpretation: Widows, orphans and strangers are the classic people the Torah says to protect, and tradition says God Himself defends them. In the primary lessons: In stories, history and the Bible, widows are often poor or brave characters. In everyday life, people show kindness to widows and widowers. A man whose wife has died is a widower. A black widow is a kind of spider found in North America and Australia (redback is a relative), whose bite is dangerous. Phrases: «black widow», «was widowed».

### examples

- Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. (Torah EXO.22.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x1)
- Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. (Torah DEU.27.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x2)
- He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. (Torah DEU.10.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x3)
- How is she become as a widow! (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x4)
- Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. (Writings PSA.109.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x5)
- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x6)
- After her husband died, she became a widow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x7)
- The widow lived alone in a little cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x8)
- Grandad is a widower, because Grandma died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x9)
- She was widowed when she was young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x10)
- In the story, the kind widow took in the orphan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x11)
- The black widow spider has a red mark on its body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x12)
- We visit the widow next door and help with her shopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x13)
- The widow wore black at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x14)
- "I don't mind!" says the widow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widow/#x15)

### note

Countable: a widow, widows. The word for a man is «widower». «Widowed» is used for both: «She was widowed», «He was widowed». Do not confuse with «window». Safety: black widow and redback spiders can bite; never touch them.

### In the corpora

- [(22-21) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.637/)
- [He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.314/)
- [Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.656/)
- [Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.722/)
- [Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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