However, contemporary texts indicate that among the Jews, a woman may have acquired resources in various ways: (1) as an inheritance if her father died without sons, (2) as property given to her, (3) as money stipulated in a marriage contract as due her in case of divorce, (4) as maintenance from a deceased husband’s estate, or (5) as personal earnings.
فقد يكون المصدر ميراثا من ابيها في حال توفِّي دون بنين ،‏ ممتلكات قُدِّمت لها ،‏ نفقة ينص عليها عقد الزواج في حال الطلاق ،‏ حصة نالتها من تِرْكة زوجها الميت ،‏ او مدخولا اكتسبته هي بنفسها .‏