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title: וְ — Biblical Aramaic dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «וְ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: and. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# וְ

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**What happens:** use, be · **To what, where:** conj

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«וְ‎» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: its 4 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [וְ‎ in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d5_5b0.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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and

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:aramaic:lemma_3a_5d5_5b0:m1:1
# text = and
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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conj. and used mostly

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:aramaic:lemma_3a_5d5_5b0:m2:1
# text = conj. and used mostly
1	conj	conj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | conj *not said here* |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning (Jastrow 1903) {#m3}

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and, but; but, is it indeed so?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:aramaic:lemma_3a_5d5_5b0:m3:1
# text = and, but; but, is it indeed so?
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	_
9	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | indeed, so *property* | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m4}

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and; and was

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:aramaic:lemma_3a_5d5_5b0:m4:1
# text = and; and was
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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