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# tenderly

«tenderly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **gently and with love or kindness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (more tenderly, most tenderly)

### meaning for a pupil

Tenderly means gently and with love or kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenderly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means speaking to the heart, as a husband comforts his wife. God says He will speak kindly to Israel. Interpretation: Hosea's words are read as God's love for Israel as a bride. After punishment He will win her back, as in the wilderness after the Exodus. In the primary lessons: a parent or lover speaking or looking kindly in a tale

### examples

- Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her. (Prophets HOS.2.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenderly/#x1)
- She kissed the baby tenderly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenderly/#x2)
- "Come, little one," he said tenderly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenderly/#x3)
- He held the bird tenderly in his hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenderly/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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