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

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«אִם‎» 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: [אִם‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/518.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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if

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:518:m1:1
# text = if
1	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	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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conj. hypoth. part. impf. pt. perf. inf. Interrog.part.

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*Sentence 1:* conj. hypoth. part. impf. pt. perf. inf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:518:m2:1
# text = conj. hypoth. part. impf. pt. perf. inf.
1	conj	conj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hypoth	hypoth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
7	impf	impf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
9	pt	PT	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
11	perf	perf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
13	inf	inf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Interrog.part.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:518:m2:2
# text = Interrog.part.
1	Interrog.part	Interrog.part	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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if; or?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:518:m3:1
# text = if; or?
1	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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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