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For my husband isn`t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
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The Language of Contempt
Multiple commentators note that the woman refers to her husband not as 'my husband' but dismissively as 'the man.' This subtle linguistic choice reveals her contempt and emotional detachment from her marriage covenant, making it easier for her to rationalize her sin and present the affair as a casual matter.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The reference to the husband is probably a blind. The use of the word “goodman” is due to the wish of the English translators to give a colloquial …
19th Century
Anglican
The goodman.— Literally, the man; she does not even call him “my husband.”
At the day appointed. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the good man [is] not at home Or, "for the man is not in his house" F25 . She does not say, "my man",…
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