coyly

«coyly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: In a shy or teasing way, as if holding back — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

In a shy or teasing way, as if holding back. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jeremiah asks Israel, the "backsliding daughter," how long she will turn away. It means hesitating or wandering instead of returning. Interpretation: It is read as God's loving call to Israel to come back. The next verse speaks of a new thing in the land, which tradition reads as a hopeful promise.

examples

• How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter? (Prophets JER.31.22, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter?

Trees and pragmatics

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