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# lurk

«lurk» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy** — 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 (lurks, lurked, lurking)

### meaning for a pupil

To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs and Psalms, wicked people lurk to ambush the innocent, and an enemy is like a young lion lurking in secret places. Interpretation: Tradition reads these verses as warnings that those who plot evil against others bring ruin on themselves. In the primary lessons: in tales wolves or villains lurk near the flock or the road

### examples

- And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives. (Writings PRO.1.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x1)
- He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places. (Writings PSA.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x2)
- If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause; (Writings PRO.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x3)
- A fox lurked in the bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x4)
- Something was lurking behind the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x5)
- Danger may lurk in dark woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.207/)
- [And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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