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# wittingly

adverb

«wittingly» 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

Jacob crossed his hands on purpose when blessing Ephraim and Manasseh.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as Jacob knowing exactly what he was doing, giving the greater blessing to the younger son by prophetic insight.

### Meaning

On purpose, knowing what one is doing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wittingly/#m1)

### Examples

- And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. (Torah GEN.48.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wittingly/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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