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

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**Who acts:** it · **What happens:** border, set

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«גָּבַל‎» 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: [גָּבַל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1379.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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bound

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1379:m1:1
# text = bound
1	bound	bound	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.denom. bound, border

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1379:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. bound, border
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bound	bound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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which it borders; it borders; set bounds for

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1379:m3:1
# text = which it borders; it borders; set bounds for
1	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	bounds	bound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	nmod	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **border** |  | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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