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# wife

«wife» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the woman a person is married to** — 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 wife, wives)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wife is the woman a person is married to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#m1)

2) (old) In old stories and old phrases, "wife" can mean simply a woman, as in "old wives' tale". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A married woman, named often in the family lists of the Torah. In the primary lessons: In stories and family trees it shows who is married to whom: "husband and wife". In word problems it names family members who share things or work together. Phrases: husband and wife, his wife, ex-wife, old wives' tale (a common belief that is not true).

### examples

- These are the sons of Adah Esau's wife. (Torah GEN.36.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x1)
- These were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. (Torah GEN.36.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x2)
- These are the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. (Torah GEN.36.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x3)
- and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. (Prophets 2SA.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x4)
- And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. (Prophets 1SA.18.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x5)
- 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/wife/#x6)
- Mr Patel's wife is a nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x7)
- The farmer and his wife milked the cows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x8)
- They became husband and wife at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x9)
- My uncle's wife is my aunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x10)
- The king and his wife waved from the balcony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x11)
- "Cracking your knuckles gives you big hands" is just an old wives' tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x12)
- A man and his wife share 24 apples equally, so each gets 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x13)
- His wife drove the kids to footy practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x14)
- But his wife called after him:-- [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wife/#x15)

### note

Irregular plural: one wife, two wives (f changes to v). Possessive: "his wife's car". "Old wives' tale" means a myth, not a story about wives. The partner word is "husband"; "spouse" or "partner" covers either.

### In the corpora

- [Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.58/)
- [And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.59/)
- [And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.81/)
- [And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.82/)
- [And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.108/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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