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carnally

adverb

«carnally» 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

It is an old way to say "having sexual relations". The law uses it for forbidden relations and for rules of purity.

Interpretation. The Torah teaches that such relations with a neighbor's wife are forbidden. The tradition treats the laws of purity as a way to keep marriage and the household holy.

Meaning

In a bodily way, as in sexual relations. tree →

Examples

  • And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. (Torah LEV.18.20, JPS 1917) tree →
  • The woman also with whom a man shall lie carnally, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.18, JPS 1917) tree →
  • and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, she being defiled secretly, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken in the act; (Torah NUM.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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