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# husband

noun (a husband, husbands); verb (husband — formal: to use carefully)

«husband» 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. The man a person is married to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#m1)
2. (formal, old verb) To use something carefully so as not to waste it (husband your energy). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#m2)

### In the lessons

Family word in everyday life and stories; family trees in school. Phrases: «husband and wife», «her husband», «ex-husband».

### Examples

- Mrs Patel's husband is a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x1)
- My aunt and her husband came for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x2)
- They have been husband and wife for twenty years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x3)
- Her husband cooked dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x4)
- The queen's husband is called a prince consort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x5)
- (formal) The climbers husbanded their water on the long trek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x6)
- Her husband found these observations distasteful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/husband/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Partner word: «wife» (plural wives); together «spouses» or «a married couple». In maths: a husband and wife = 2 people; «5 couples» = 10 people.

## In Jewish tradition

Used as in everyday English for a woman's married man. It often appears in laws about marriage, vows and unfaithfulness.

**Interpretation.** The law of jealousy and the law of vows show how the husband and wife relationship was protected by law. The rabbis built much of Jewish marriage law on such verses.

### Examples

- And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husband/#x1)
- This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; (Torah NUM.5.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husband/#x2)
- And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, (Torah NUM.30.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husband/#x3)
- And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. (Writings RUT.1.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husband/#x4)
- For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; (Writings PRO.7.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husband/#x5)
- Thou wife that committest adultery, that takest strangers instead of thy husband — (Prophets EZK.16.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/husband/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Partner word: «wife» (plural wives); together «spouses» or «a married couple». In maths: a husband and wife = 2 people; «5 couples» = 10 people.

## On Mova

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