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

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**Who acts:** you, he, opportunity, it · **What happens:** be, meet, encounter, seek, allow, happen · **To what, where:** opportune, vb, opportunity

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«אָנָה‎» 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: [אָנָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/579.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be opportune

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:579:m1:1
# text = be opportune
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	opportune	opportune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | opportune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb. be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:579:m2:1
# text = vb. be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	opportune	opportune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	meet	meet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	encounter	encounter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	opportunely	opportunely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | you *not said here* | opportune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | imperative | you *not said here* | vb and opportune |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **encounter** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | opportunely *property* | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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is seeking an opportunity; he allowed to happen; it happens

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:579:m3:1
# text = is seeking an opportunity; he allowed to happen; it happens
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	allowed	allow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
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| 1 | **seek** | present · progressive |  | a opportunity |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme |
| 2 | **allow** | past | he | a opportunity *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer opportunity=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **happen** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a opportunity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **happen** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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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