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

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** lie · **To what, where:** wait

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«אָרַב‎» 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: [אָרַב‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/693.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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lie in wait

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:693:m1:1
# text = lie in wait
1	lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | wait |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wait=Location |

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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. lie in wait Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:693:m2:1
# text = vb. lie in wait Qal
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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ambusher; ambushers; ambush

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:693:m3:1
# text = ambusher; ambushers; ambush
1	ambusher	ambusher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ambushers	ambusher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	ambush	ambush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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