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title: אַל — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «אַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: not. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# אַל

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not do · **To what, where:** no

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«אַל‎» 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: [אַל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/408.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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not

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:408:m1:1
# text = not
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	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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adv. of negation 2b

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:408:m2:1
# text = adv. of negation 2b
1	adv	adv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	negation	negation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	2b	2b	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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do not; not; no

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:408:m3:1
# text = do not; not; no
1	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | no |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no=Eventuality |

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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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