Sotah is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sotah in a sentence
Sotah meaning
An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine if she has committed adultery.
Using Sotah
- The main meaning on this page is: An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine if she has committed adultery.
- In the example corpus, sotah often appears in combinations such as: in sotah.
Context around Sotah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sotah
- In this selection, "sotah" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tamar, adulteress, tosefta, 32b and 10b stand out and add context to how "sotah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused adulteress sotah the law and and tamar sotah 10b. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sotah" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sotah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rabbinic literature main According to the Rabbinic literature, Isaiah was a descendant of the royal house of Judah and Tamar ( Sotah 10b). (22 words)
The Babylonian Talmud (see at Sotah 20-21) describes one who fails to do so as a chasid shoteh, a foolishly pious individual. (23 words)
The Talmud, in Sotah 32B, states that the Metzora does this to let others know of his affliction, so that people will pray for his recovery. (26 words)
Tosefta (Sotah 13:1); cf. Babylonian Talmud (Kereithot 5b) This was said to have been done in order to prevent their being carried off into Babylon as had already happened to the other vessels. (34 words)
The rabbis famously suggest that the connection between the last two sections is that one who sees the effects of wine in a sotah will want to refrain from wine as a result. (33 words)
The examples include the "trial of the accused adulteress (Sotah)", the "Law of the Breaking of the Neck of the Heifer" and the application of the death penalty for the "rebellious child". (32 words)
Example sentences (6)
The rabbis famously suggest that the connection between the last two sections is that one who sees the effects of wine in a sotah will want to refrain from wine as a result.
The Talmud, in Sotah 32B, states that the Metzora does this to let others know of his affliction, so that people will pray for his recovery.
Rabbinic literature main According to the Rabbinic literature, Isaiah was a descendant of the royal house of Judah and Tamar ( Sotah 10b).
The Babylonian Talmud (see at Sotah 20-21) describes one who fails to do so as a chasid shoteh, a foolishly pious individual.
The examples include the "trial of the accused adulteress (Sotah)", the "Law of the Breaking of the Neck of the Heifer" and the application of the death penalty for the "rebellious child".
Tosefta (Sotah 13:1); cf. Babylonian Talmud (Kereithot 5b) This was said to have been done in order to prevent their being carried off into Babylon as had already happened to the other vessels.
Common combinations with sotah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in sotah 2×