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# guile

«guile» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Clever, sneaky cheating; a trick that deceives people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Clever, sneaky cheating; a trick that deceives people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guile/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for deceit and lying speech, often joined with violence or wickedness. Jacob's taking Esau's blessing is called "guile." Interpretation: Tradition teaches that guarding one's speech from deceit is a core duty, as Psalm 34 says. Commentators often discuss Jacob's act as a hard case, defending his purpose while still noting the cost of deceit.

### examples

- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. (Writings PSA.34.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guile/#x1)
- And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.' (Torah GEN.27.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guile/#x2)
- Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place. (Writings PSA.55.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guile/#x3)
- Happy is the man unto whom the LORD counteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. (Writings PSA.32.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guile/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.812/)
- [And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1068/)
- [Happy is the man unto whom the LORD counteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.474/)
- [Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.519/)
- [Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.903/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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