belie

«belie» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To tell lies about someone or to deny the truth about them — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To tell lies about someone or to deny the truth about them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The people deny the LORD by saying that no harm will come and that He will do nothing. Interpretation: The prophet Jeremiah treats this as a sin: refusing to believe God's warnings and so ignoring His justice.

examples

• They have belied the LORD, and said: 'It is not He, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine; (Prophets JER.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «belie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.