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# intrust

verb

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

## In Jewish tradition

To "intrust" secrets or a book to someone means God handing sacred knowledge to a chosen person.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says God gave the secrets of the Law and of creation to an angel, and gave Sefer Yetzirah to Adam and then to Abraham.

### Meaning

An old spelling of "entrust": to give someone something to look after or keep safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intrust/#m1)

### Examples

- To this angel God intrusted all the secrets of the Law, and of wisdom; and all the mysteries of creation are known to him as they are known to the Creator Himself\*"i. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intrust/#x1)
- Thus far. it has been impossible to determine tiic ago and authorship of tlic Sefer Yetzirah. .Tcwish tradition claims divine origin for it: it was intrusted by tlie Lord to Adam and after- wards to Abraham\*\*\*). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intrust/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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