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

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**Who acts:** it, they · **What happens:** confuse, wonder, be, wander · **To what, where:** vb perplex, confusion

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«בּוּךְ‎» 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: [בּוּךְ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/943.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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perplex

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:943:m1:1
# text = perplex
1	perplex	perplex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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vb. perplex, confuse

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:943:m2:1
# text = vb. perplex, confuse
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	perplex	perplex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	confuse	confuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | present |  | vb perplex |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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are wandering in confusion; it was in confusion; they have wandered in confusion

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:943:m3:1
# text = are wandering in confusion; it was in confusion; they have wandered in confusion
1	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	wandered	wander	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | present · progressive |  |  |  | confusion |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  | confusion |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wander** | present · perfect | they | confusion *not said here* |  | confusion |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme confusion=Trajectory |

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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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