craftiness
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
- In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
- He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «craftiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.