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

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** discern, understand, have · **To what, where:** one, understanding

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«בִּין‎» 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: [בִּין‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/995.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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discern

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:995:m1:1
# text = discern
1	discern	discern	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discern** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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. Poʿl.

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:995:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	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.

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*Sentence 2:* Poʿl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:995:m2:2
# text = Poʿl.
1	Poʿl	Poʿl	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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understand; one who has understanding; understanding

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:995:m3:1
# text = understand; one who has understanding; understanding
1	understand	understand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | imperative | you *not said here* | one |  |  |  | understanding *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | understanding |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent understanding=Patient |

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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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