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# subtly

«subtly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **In a sly, clever, hidden way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a sly, clever, hidden way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means deceit and trickery, with a bad meaning. Neighbors act craftily to cheat each other, and Saul's hunted rival is said to be cunning. Interpretation: Jeremiah's words are read as a picture of a society without trust. Tradition teaches against gossip and slander.

### examples

- Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders. (Prophets JER.9.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtly/#x1)
- Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly. (Prophets 1SA.23.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtly/#x2)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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