dowry

noun (dowry, dowries)

«dowry» 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

(old use) money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married tree →

in fairy tales a gift that goes with a princess or a girl when she is married

nothing for maths; a dowry is an amount of money, so in a sharing problem it is the total to be divided, not a count

In the Torah, money a man pays to the father of a bride (the "bride-price"), which a seducer must pay for a girl he has wronged.

Interpretation. Later Jewish law turned this into the ketubah, the marriage contract that protects the wife.

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. (Torah EXO.22.17, JPS 1917) tree →
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.' (Torah GEN.34.12, JPS 1917) tree →
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 →

nothing for maths; a dowry is an amount of money, so in a sharing problem it is the total to be divided, not a count

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