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# entangle

«entangle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair…** — 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 (entangle, entangles, entangled, entangling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair or wire so it cannot get free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#m1)

2) To twist things together in a mess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#m2)

3) To get someone involved in a difficult or messy situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to trip someone up or tie up their way. Job's enemies block his path. In Joel the locust army marches in perfect order. Interpretation: In Job it is a picture of a man hemmed in by enemies. In Joel the locust army is read as a sign of how strong a force sent by God can be. In the primary lessons: In nature and safety lessons: animals can get entangled in fishing nets, plastic rings or litter — a reason to pick up rubbish. In stories, people become «entangled in» lies, quarrels or plots. Often passive: «get entangled», «become entangled in».

### examples

- Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction. (Writings JOB.30.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x1)
- They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths. (Prophets JOL.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x2)
- The turtle became entangled in an old fishing net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x3)
- Don't let the kite string entangle the branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x4)
- My headphone wires always entangle in my bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x5)
- The fly was entangled in the spider's web. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x6)
- Cut plastic rings so birds cannot get entangled in them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x7)
- He didn't want to entangle himself in their argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x8)
- The vines entangle the old fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x9)

### note

Regular verb. Usually used with «in» or «with»: entangled in a net. Similar to «tangle», but entangle stresses being caught and trapped. Opposite: disentangle (untangle).

### In the corpora

- [And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.387/)
- [Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.760/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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