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# womankind

noun

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

## In Jewish tradition

Used in the law forbidding a man to lie with a man "as with womankind".

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read this as one of the forbidden relations in the Holiness laws.

### Meaning

All women; the female sex. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womankind/#m1)

### Examples

- Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination. (Torah LEV.18.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womankind/#x1)
- And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. (Torah LEV.20.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/womankind/#x2)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

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