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# tangled

«tangled» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **twisted together in a messy way that is hard to undo…** — 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

adjective; verb (past of tangle: tangle, tangles, tangled, tangling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tangled means twisted together in a messy way that is hard to undo, like string, hair or wires. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#m1)

2) Tangled can mean complicated and confusing, like a tangled story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#m2)

3) To get tangled up in something means to get caught in it or involved in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Nahum calls the enemy like tangled thorns that will be burned. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as a picture of Nineveh's fall. In the primary lessons: In everyday life tangled hair needs brushing and tangled headphones need untangling; in nature and safety lessons animals can get tangled in plastic or fishing line. Phrases: «tangled up», «get tangled», «a tangled mess».

### examples

- For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Prophets NAM.1.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x1)
- My headphones are all tangled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x2)
- She brushed her tangled hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x3)
- The kite string got tangled in the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x4)
- Turtles can get tangled in fishing nets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x5)
- The story was a tangled web of lies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x6)
- The dog got tangled up in its lead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x7)
- Untangle the wool before you knit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x8)
- He fell into some tangled wood where he was held fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tangled/#x9)

### note

Regular. Opposite verb: untangle. Saying: «Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive» — lies get more and more complicated.

### In the corpora

- [For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/NAM.13/)
- [City pigeons often get string or hair tangled round their toes, which can cut into the foot; wildlife rescuers carefully remove it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/10/)
- [When they bow, their curly wigs get tangled, and Alice has to run off to hide her laughter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/1/)
- [Animals swallow plastic and balloon pieces or get tangled in strings, so never let a balloon go outdoors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/3/)
- [Never release balloons outdoors, because they come down as litter that animals swallow or get tangled in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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