pry

verb (pries, pried, prying)

«pry» 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 pry is to force something open or up with a tool, or to ask questions about things that are none of your business. tree →

in stories, someone uses a tool to lever open a lid or a mouth; in everyday life, to look into other people's private matters

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In Jeremiah it means to peer and watch closely, like a hunter lying in wait to catch someone.

Interpretation. Jeremiah warns that wicked men in Israel lay traps for others. The tradition reads this as a condemnation of cheating the poor.

For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. (Prophets JER.5.26, JPS 1917) tree →

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