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# lurk

verb (lurks, lurked, lurking)

«lurk» 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

To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lurk/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales wolves or villains lurk near the flock or the road

### Examples

- A fox lurked in the bushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lurk/#x1)
- Something was lurking behind the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lurk/#x2)
- Danger may lurk in dark woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lurk/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs and Psalms, wicked people lurk to ambush the innocent, and an enemy is like a young lion lurking in secret places.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads these verses as warnings that those who plot evil against others bring ruin on themselves.

### Examples

- And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives. (Writings PRO.1.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x1)
- He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places. (Writings PSA.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x2)
- If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause; (Writings PRO.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lurk/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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