beguiled
part of speech
verb (past form of beguile: beguile, beguiles, beguiled, beguiling)
meaning for a pupil
Charmed or tricked by pleasant words, or led on by a clever offer. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word for deceived. Eve says the serpent beguiled her, and Jacob says Laban beguiled him. Interpretation: Tradition notes the pattern that the deceiver Jacob is himself deceived by Laban, and reads this as a kind of measure for measure. In the primary lessons: in tales, a hero or a child led on by a charming trick
examples
- And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.' (Torah GEN.3.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban: 'What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?' (Torah GEN.29.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue. (Writings PSA.78.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joshua called for them, and he spoke unto them, saying: 'Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying: We are very far from you, when ye dwell among us? (Prophets JOS.9.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- The pride of thy heart hath beguiled thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, thy habitation on high; that sayest in thy heart: 'Who shall bring me down to the ground?' (Prophets OBA.1.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- The sweet song beguiled the sailors. tree →
- The boy was beguiled by the magician's tales. tree →
- We were beguiled into staying all day. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «beguiled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.