allure
part of speech
verb
meaning for a pupil
To attract someone by offering something pleasing, or to tempt them gently. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Hosea, God gently draws Israel back into the wilderness to speak tenderly to her, as when she first left Egypt. In Job, it means leading someone out of trouble. Interpretation: Tradition reads Hosea's verse as God's loving call to return, with the wilderness as a place of new beginnings.
examples
- Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her. (Prophets HOS.2.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness; (Writings JOB.36.16, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «allure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.