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title: israelites — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «israelites» in the school dictionary: The Israelites were the people of ancient Israel, the descendants of Jacob (also called Israel) and his twelve sons, whose story is told in the Hebrew Bible. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# israelites

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**Who acts:** Israelites, Israelite, Pharaoh, Moses, God, walls · **What happens:** be, call, tell, make, build, lead · **To what, where:** people, descendants, story, Hebrew Bible, one person, cities · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«israelites» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [israelites in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/israelites.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

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The Israelites were the people of ancient Israel, the descendants of Jacob (also called Israel) and his twelve sons, whose story is told in the Hebrew Bible.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:m1:1
# text = The Israelites were the people of ancient Israel, the descendants of Jacob (also called Israel) and his twelve sons, whose story is told in the Hebrew Bible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	descendants	descendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
17	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	conj	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Israelites | the people |  |  |  | of ancient Israel and the descendants of Jacob and Jacob's twelve sons | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | the descendants of Jacob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | story |  | the Hebrew Bible |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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}

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An Israelite is one person of that people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:m2:1
# text = An Israelite is one person of that people.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Israelite	Israelite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Israelite | one person |  |  |  | of that people | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Pharaoh made the Israelites build cities.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:x1:1
# text = Pharaoh made the Israelites build cities.
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	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Pharaoh |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | present | the Israelites | cities |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:x2:1
# text = Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea.
1	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	led	lead	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	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Moses | the Israelites |  | the Red Sea |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent israelite=Theme across sea=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Israelites ate manna in the desert.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:x3:1
# text = The Israelites ate manna in the desert.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	manna	manna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the Israelites | manna |  | the desert |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manna=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:x4:1
# text = God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments.
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	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	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	Commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | God | the Ten Commandments | the Israelites |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent israelite=Recipient commandment=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The walls of Jericho fell when the Israelites shouted.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:x5:1
# text = The walls of Jericho fell when the Israelites shouted.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jericho	Jericho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the walls of Jericho |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the Israelites |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The twelve tribes of the Israelites came from Jacob's sons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:israelites:x6:1
# text = The twelve tribes of the Israelites came from Jacob's sons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the twelve tribes of the Israelites |  |  |  |  | from Jacob's sons | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from son=Initial\_Location |

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