Husbands as “owners ”: An incident in the life of Abraham and Sarah about 1918 B.C.E. indicates that by their time it had evidently become customary to view a married man as the“ owner ” (Hebrew, baʹʽal) and a married woman as the ‘ owned one ’ (Hebrew, beʽu·lahʹ).
رخ داد ،‏ نشانگر این است که از قرار معلوم در زمان آنان مرسوم شده بود که به مرد متأهل به عنوان « مالک » (‏ عبری ،‏ بَعْل )‏ و به زن متأهل به عنوان ‹ مایملک › (‏ عبری ،‏ بِعولَه )‏ نظر افکنده شود .‏