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

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftiness/#x1)
- He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong. (Writings JOB.5.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftiness/#x2)
- His craftiness made the king believe him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftiness/#x3)
- The fox used his craftiness to escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftiness/#x4)
- We admired her craftiness in solving the puzzle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/craftiness/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.391/)
- [He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.103/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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