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

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«אֲבָל‎» 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: [אֲבָל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/61.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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nay

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:61:m1:1
# text = nay
1	nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	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. verily, of truth nay, but howbeit, but

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:61:m2:1
# text = adv. verily, of truth nay, but howbeit, but
1	adv	adv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	verily	verily	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
7	nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	howbeit	howbeit	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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but; indeed

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:61:m3:1
# text = but; indeed
1	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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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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