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title: אֵיךְ — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «אֵיךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: how? Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# אֵיךְ

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«אֵיךְ‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 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: [אֵיךְ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/349.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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how?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:349:m1:1
# text = how?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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adv. interrog. How? as an exclam. How

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*Sentence 1:* adv. interrog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:349:m2:1
# text = adv. interrog.
1	adv	adv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	interrog	interrog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* How? as an exclam.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:349:m2:2
# text = How? as an exclam.
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	exclam	exclam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* How

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:349:m2:3
# text = How
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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how?; how!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:349:m3:1
# text = how?; how!
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (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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