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# incline

«incline» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down** — 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

verb (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining); noun (an incline, inclines)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#m1)

2) (verb) To lean, tilt or bend something, for example to incline your head to show you agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#m2)

3) (verb, formal) To tend to or want to: «I'm inclined to agree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#m3)

4) (verb, formal) To make someone want to do something: the warm day inclined us to swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Often used in prayer: asking God to bend His ear to listen, or asking Him to turn one's heart toward His laws. Interpretation: Tradition reads these as humble requests that God both hear us and shape our inner wishes toward good. Proverbs also asks the child to turn his ear to wisdom. In the primary lessons: In science, an inclined plane (a ramp) is a simple machine that makes lifting easier — longer path, smaller force; pupils roll cars down inclines to test friction and speed. In maths, the incline of a line is its slope. In everyday speech, «I'm inclined to…» means «I'd rather…». Phrases: inclined plane, a steep incline, be inclined to, if you're so inclined.

### examples

- Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. (Writings PSA.119.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x1)
- Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry. (Writings PSA.88.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x2)
- My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (Writings PRO.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x3)
- We rolled toy cars down an incline to test which went furthest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x4)
- The road has a steep incline, so cyclists get off and push. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x5)
- A ramp is an inclined plane that helps lift heavy things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x6)
- She inclined her head politely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x7)
- I'm inclined to believe him; he's usually honest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x8)
- The treadmill can be set to an incline to make walking harder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x9)
- If you're so inclined, you can do the bonus question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x10)
- Two circumstances which now occurred induced the Trojans to incline towards the latter opinion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incline/#x11)

### note

Stress: noun IN-cline, verb in-CLINE. Noun «inclination» = a slope or a liking. In maths, a steeper incline means a bigger gradient: rise ÷ run.

### In the corpora

- [And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.770/)
- [yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.228/)
- [But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1167/)
- [I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.655/)
- [I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.800/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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