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# entangle

verb (entangle, entangles, entangled, entangling)

«entangle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair or wire so it cannot get free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#m1)
2. To twist things together in a mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#m2)
3. To get someone involved in a difficult or messy situation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature and safety lessons: animals can get entangled in fishing nets, plastic rings or litter — a reason to pick up rubbish. In stories, people become «entangled in» lies, quarrels or plots. Often passive: «get entangled», «become entangled in».

### Examples

- The turtle became entangled in an old fishing net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x1)
- Don't let the kite string entangle the branches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x2)
- My headphone wires always entangle in my bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x3)
- The fly was entangled in the spider's web. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x4)
- Cut plastic rings so birds cannot get entangled in them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x5)
- He didn't want to entangle himself in their argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x6)
- The vines entangle the old fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Usually used with «in» or «with»: entangled in a net. Similar to «tangle», but entangle stresses being caught and trapped. Opposite: disentangle (untangle).

## In Jewish tradition

It means to trip someone up or tie up their way. Job's enemies block his path. In Joel the locust army marches in perfect order.

**Interpretation.** In Job it is a picture of a man hemmed in by enemies. In Joel the locust army is read as a sign of how strong a force sent by God can be.

### Examples

- Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction. (Writings JOB.30.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x1)
- They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths. (Prophets JOL.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb. Usually used with «in» or «with»: entangled in a net. Similar to «tangle», but entangle stresses being caught and trapped. Opposite: disentangle (untangle).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entangle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entangle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entangle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entangle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «entangle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/entangle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entangle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/entangle.html) on Mova free.