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title: nob — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nob» in the Judaism dictionary: The name of a town near Jerusalem where priests lived, and where David came while he was running from Saul. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# nob

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**Who acts:** name, David, he, Ahimelech, I, son · **What happens:** live, come, run, name, halt, shake · **To what, where:** Jerusalem, Saul, town, Nob, hand, mount · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«nob» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, 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: [nob in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/nob.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The name of a town near Jerusalem where priests lived, and where David came while he was running from Saul.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:m1:1
# text = The name of a town near Jerusalem where priests lived, and where David came while he was running from Saul.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
14	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the name of a town |  |  | Jerusalem |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near jerusalem=Location |
| 2 | **come** | past | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **run** | past · progressive | David |  |  | Saul |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from saul=Trajectory |
| 4 | **name** |  |  | a town |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This very day shall he halt at Nob, shaking his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. (Prophets ISA.10.32, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* This very day shall he halt at Nob, shaking his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:x1:1
# text = This very day shall he halt at Nob, shaking his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	halt	halt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Nob	Nob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Zion	Zion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halt** | shall | he |  |  | Nob | day |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shake** | gerund | he *not said here* | Nob's hand |  | the mount of the daughter of Zion |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme at mount=Trajectory |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets ISA.10.32, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:x1:2
# text = (Prophets ISA.10.32, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ISA.10.32	ISA.10.32	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?' (Prophets 1SA.21.2, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:x2:1
# text = Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Nob	Nob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ahimelech	Ahimelech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Ahimelech	Ahimelech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
21	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
26	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
27	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	obj	_	_
28	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	32	det	_	_
32	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | David |  | Ahimelech | Nob | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to nob=Initial\_Location to ahimelech=Destination |
| 2 | **come** | past | Ahimelech |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Ahimelech *not said here* | David |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tremble** | gerund | Ahimelech *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1SA.21.2, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:x2:2
# text = (Prophets 1SA.21.2, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.21.2	1SA.21.2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (Prophets 1SA.22.9, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:x3:1
# text = Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Doeg	Doeg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Edomite	Edomite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Jesse	Jesse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	xcomp	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Nob	Nob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Ahimelech	Ahimelech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Ahitub	Ahitub	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | Doeg |  | then |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent doeg=Eventuality |
| 2 | **set** | past · passive |  | Doeg |  | the servants of Saul |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over servant=Destination |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **see** | past | I | the son of Jesse | Ahimelech |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **come** | gerund | the son of Jesse *not said here* |  |  | Nob |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to nob=Initial\_Location |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1SA.22.9, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nob:x3:2
# text = (Prophets 1SA.22.9, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.22.9	1SA.22.9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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