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# גָּנַן

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**Who acts:** you, I, he · **What happens:** defend · **To what, where:** vb, it

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«גָּנַן‎» 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: [גָּנַן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1598.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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cover

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1598:m1:1
# text = cover
1	cover	cover	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. cover, surround, defend Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1598:m2:1
# text = vb. cover, surround, defend Qal
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	surround	surround	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	defend	defend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | imperative | you *not said here* | vb and cover and surround |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent qal=Beneficiary |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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I will defend; he will defend; he will defend it

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1598:m3:1
# text = I will defend; he will defend; he will defend it
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **defend** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **defend** | future | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

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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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