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title: lav — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lav» in the Judaism dictionary: A Hebrew-letter name in a transliteration, probably a form of "vav", the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lav

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**What happens:** form, letter, accord · **To what, where:** vav, Hebrew alphabet

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«lav» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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 sense in the lessons: [lav in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lav.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A Hebrew-letter name in a transliteration, probably a form of "vav", the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lav:m1:1
# text = A Hebrew-letter name in a transliteration, probably a form of "vav", the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	transliteration	transliteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	vav	vav	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** |  |  | vav and the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **letter** |  |  | the Hebrew alphabet |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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VVi Jjy n'7yD'? vy laV'? io'di (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lav:x1:1
# text = VVi Jjy n'7yD'? vy laV'? io'di (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
1	VVi	VVi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Jjy	Jjy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	n'7yD	n'7yd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
6	vy	vy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	laV	lav	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
10	io'di	io'di	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Origin	Origin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	case	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	))	))	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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