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title: hebrew — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hebrew» in the school dictionary: Hebrew is the ancient language of the Jewish people, in which most of the Old Testament (the Hebrew Bible) was written; modern Hebrew is the main language of Israel. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hebrew

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**Who acts:** Hebrew, modern Hebrew, Israelite, adjective, Ben, Pharaoh · **What happens:** be, write, descend, describe, leave, go · **To what, where:** ancient language, most, main language, Israelite, Abraham, things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«hebrew» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [hebrew in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hebrew.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hebrew is the ancient language of the Jewish people, in which most of the Old Testament (the Hebrew Bible) was written; modern Hebrew is the main language of Israel.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:m1:1
# text = Hebrew is the ancient language of the Jewish people, in which most of the Old Testament (the Hebrew Bible) was written; modern Hebrew is the main language of Israel.
1	Hebrew	hebrew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
13	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Testament	Testament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
26	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hebrew | the ancient language and the main language |  |  |  | of the Jewish people | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | past · passive |  | most of the Old Testament |  |  |  | in the Jewish people | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
| 3 | **is a** | present | modern Hebrew | the main language |  |  |  | of Israel | tree rules |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: Bible, old — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Hebrew is an Israelite, one of the people descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:m2:1
# text = A Hebrew is an Israelite, one of the people descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hebrew	hebrew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Israelite	Israelite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	descended	descend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Hebrew | a Israelite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **descend** | past | a Israelite |  |  | Abraham and Jacob |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from abraham=Location |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
As an adjective it describes things of that language or people, like the Hebrew alphabet.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:m3:1
# text = As an adjective it describes things of that language or people, like the Hebrew alphabet.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | adjective | things of that language or people like the Hebrew alphabet |  |  |  | as a adjective | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Theme as adjective=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hebrew is written from right to left.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x1:1
# text = Hebrew is written from right to left.
1	Hebrew	hebrew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | Hebrew |  | right |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from right=Material |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ben goes to Hebrew school on Sundays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x2:1
# text = Ben goes to Hebrew school on Sundays.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Ben |  |  | Hebrew school | sunday |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Torah is written in Hebrew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x3:1
# text = The Torah is written in Hebrew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | the Torah |  | Hebrew |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in hebrew=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pharaoh made the Hebrews work as slaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x4:1
# text = Pharaoh made the Hebrews work as slaves.
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hebrews	hebrew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Pharaoh |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | the Hebrews |  |  |  |  | as slaves | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as slave=Attribute |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We learned that "shalom" is the Hebrew word for peace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x5:1
# text = We learned that "shalom" is the Hebrew word for peace.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	shalom	shalom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | shalom | the Hebrew word |  |  |  | for peace | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Hebrew alphabet has twenty-two letters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x6:1
# text = The Hebrew alphabet has twenty-two letters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Hebrew alphabet | two letters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Queen of Beauty rose and went to her chamber, from which she fetched a knife with some Hebrew words engraven on the blade.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hebrew:x7:1
# text = Queen of Beauty rose and went to her chamber, from which she fetched a knife with some Hebrew words engraven on the blade.
1	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
19	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	compound	_	_
21	engraven	engraven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Queen of Beauty |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | past | Queen of Beauty *not said here* |  |  | Queen's chamber |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chamber=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **fetch** | past | Queen | a knife |  | the blade |  | with words engraven | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent knife=Theme from which=Source |

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