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

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**Who acts:** vb · **What happens:** smite, hammer, strike down, strike

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«הָלַם‎» 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: [הָלַם‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1986.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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strike

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1986:m1:1
# text = strike
1	strike	strike	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. smite, hammer, strike down

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1986:m2:1
# text = vb. smite, hammer, strike down
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hammer	hammer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hammer** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **strike down** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they; one who strikes; those struck down

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:1986:m3:1
# text = they; one who strikes; those struck down
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	_
8	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **strike down** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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