[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wive.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / wive

[← W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/W/)

# wive

«wive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to marry a woman, or to take a wife** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (wive, wives, wived, wiving — archaic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (archaic) To wive is to marry a woman, or to take a wife. This old verb is almost never used now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#m1)

2) As a fragment, «wive» is usually part of «wives», the plural of «wife». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Wives" here is the plural of "wife". In the primary lessons: Found only in very old writing, such as Shakespeare's plays and old ballads. Pupils are far more likely to meet «wives» (the plural of «wife») or to see «wive» as a typo. In everyday English say «marry».

### examples

- Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; (Torah GEN.31.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x1)
- And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him; (Torah GEN.8.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x2)
- 'Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. (Torah GEN.8.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x3)
- And he sought for them many wives. (Writings 2CH.11.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x4)
- And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. (Writings 1CH.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x5)
- All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. (Prophets ZEC.12.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x6)
- In an old play, a man says he has come «to wive and thrive». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x7)
- Henry the Eighth had six wives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x8)
- «Wive» is an old word; today we say «marry». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x9)
- The farmers' wives sold butter at the market. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wive/#x10)

### note

Archaic: do not use it in modern writing. Plural of «wife» is «wives» (f changes to v + es), like knife → knives, life → lives. «Wive» alone is not the singular of «wives» — the singular is «wife».

### Trees and pragmatics

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