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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coyly/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coyly/#x1)

### 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?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.856/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coyly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coyly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.