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# treacherously

adverb (treacherously)

«treacherously» 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

Acting in a way that breaks faith, especially breaking the covenant with God or betraying a person or neighbor.

**Interpretation.** The prophets repeat it to stress how deep the betrayal went. It is often tied to the idea of marriage, where Israel is a faithless wife to God. In the primary lessons: in tales a king is treacherously put to death by someone who pretended to be a friend.

### Meaning

In a sly, disloyal way, betraying someone who trusted you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#m1)

### Examples

- Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously? (Prophets JER.12.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#x1)
- The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously. (Prophets ISA.24.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#x2)
- But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me. (Prophets HOS.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#x3)
- The guard treacherously opened the gate to the enemy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#x4)
- He smiled and then treacherously stabbed his friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#x5)
- The fox treacherously led the hen into a trap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/treacherously/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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