captivate

verb

«captivate» 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

Here it means to catch a man with the glance of a woman's eyes, and so to lead him into sin.

Interpretation. Proverbs warns the young man to guard his heart and eyes. The tradition reads the warning as being about self-control as well as about the immoral woman.

Meaning

To charm someone so that they cannot look away, or to take them captive by beauty. tree →

Examples

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids. (Writings PRO.6.25, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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