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# betrothed

adjective (no other forms); also a noun, «my betrothed» (formal)

«betrothed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothed/#m1)
2. A person's betrothed is the person they are engaged to marry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothed/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales the princess and her betrothed are often happy together, and the betrothed is the one chosen for the wedding.

### Examples

- Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothed/#x1)
- The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothed/#x2)
- The betrothed pair were very happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothed/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Legally engaged to a man, so that she is already treated as his wife in law, though the wedding has not yet happened.

**Interpretation.** The law protects the betrothed woman: unfaithfulness with her is treated like adultery, and the tradition notes that a woman attacked in the open field is not blamed.

### Examples

- For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x1)
- If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; (Torah DEU.22.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x2)
- And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x3)
- And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.' (Prophets 2SA.3.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «betrothed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«betrothed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/betrothed.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «betrothed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betrothed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«betrothed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/betrothed.html) on Mova free.