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

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**What happens:** flow, endure

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«אֵיתָן‎» 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: [אֵיתָן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/386.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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perennial

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:386:m1:1
# text = perennial
1	perennial	perennial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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adj. perennial, ever-flowing, permanent steady flow, permanence

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:386:m2:1
# text = adj. perennial, ever-flowing, permanent steady flow, permanence
1	adj	adj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	perennial	perennial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	permanence	permanence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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is enduring; ever-flowing; of an ever-flowing stream

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:386:m3:1
# text = is enduring; ever-flowing; of an ever-flowing stream
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	enduring	endure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
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| 1 | **endure** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | of a flowing stream | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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