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craftiness

«craftiness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Cleverness used in a sly way, especially for tricking people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

Cleverness used in a sly way, especially for tricking people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means sly scheming. Job says God catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the Psalm links it with bribes. Interpretation: The tradition teaches that clever plotting is caught by God. Honesty is valued above cleverness. In the primary lessons: in tales, the sly cunning of a fox, a witch or a villain who plans to fool others.

examples

  • In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes. (Writings PSA.26.10, JPS 1917) tree →
  • He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong. (Writings JOB.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
  • His craftiness made the king believe him. tree →
  • The fox used his craftiness to escape. tree →
  • We admired her craftiness in solving the puzzle. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

Trees and pragmatics

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

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