begotten

In Jewish tradition

Old word for children fathered by a man.

Interpretation. The laws of forbidden marriages count a half-sister as close kin even when only the father is shared.

Meaning

Past form of beget: fathered, having become someone's child by birth. tree →

Examples

• The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (Torah LEV.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession. (Torah LEV.25.45, JPS 1917) tree →
• Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? (Writings JOB.38.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives. (Prophets JDG.8.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. (Writings ECC.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

Early Modern English

Meaning

Born to a father. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say fathered or born.

Examples

• The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (Torah LEV.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession. (Torah LEV.25.45, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: fathered.