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# widowhood

«widowhood» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The time or state of being a widow** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The time or state of being a widow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widowhood/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Tamar wears "garments of her widowhood" while waiting for Judah to give her to his son. Interpretation: The clothing marks her status, and tradition sees her later daring act as seeking the right to have children in Judah's family.

### examples

- And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. (Torah GEN.38.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widowhood/#x1)
- So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive. (Prophets 2SA.20.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widowhood/#x2)
- Neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more. (Prophets ISA.54.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/widowhood/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1236/)
- [So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.604/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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