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# dandle

«dandle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To bounce or rock a small child gently on the knee or arm** — 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

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To bounce or rock a small child gently on the knee or arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dandle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to hold and fondle a child tenderly. Jeremiah uses it for God's love of Ephraim, and Lamentations for children lost in the siege. Interpretation: Jeremiah's verse is read as God's deep love for Israel as a beloved child, even when it has strayed. In Lamentations the picture shows the awful grief of hunger.

### examples

- Is he a child that is dandled? (Prophets JER.31.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dandle/#x1)
- Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? (Writings LAM.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dandle/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Is he a child that is dandled?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.853/)
- [Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.50/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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