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# woman

«woman» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a grown-up female person, an adult girl** — 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 (woman, women)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A woman is a grown-up female person, an adult girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#m1)

2) Women is the word for more than one woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition sees the first woman, Eve, as made as a partner for Adam. The laws of the Torah often speak of women's rights and duties. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a person in a story; women counted in groups; men and women together are added. In history and everyday life: famous women in science and sport, the women's team, women getting the right to vote. Phrases: «a young woman», «an old woman», «women and men», «businesswoman», «policewoman».

### examples

- And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; (Torah GEN.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x1)
- And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive? (Torah NUM.31.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x2)
- And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me. (Torah GEN.24.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x3)
- And David sent and inquired after the woman. (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x4)
- And when the king asked the woman, she told him. (Prophets 2KI.8.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x5)
- A gracious woman obtaineth honour; and strong men obtain riches. (Writings PRO.11.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x6)
- There are 15 women and 12 men at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x7)
- Each woman brought 2 dishes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x8)
- How many people are there in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x9)
- A woman bought 3 dresses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x10)
- The woman at the desk gave us our tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x11)
- Marie Curie was a woman scientist who won two Nobel Prizes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x12)
- The women's football team won the cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x13)
- An old woman fed the ducks by the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x14)
- "You have killed the holy woman!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woman/#x15)

### note

Plural «women» (say «WIM-in»), not «womans». Polite: «lady»; plain and respectful: «woman». Maths: people counted; men and women together are added.

### In the corpora

- [And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.62/)
- [And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.64/)
- [And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.328/)
- [And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.660/)
- [And he said unto the people: 'Be ready against the third day; come not near a woman.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.543/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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