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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, he, they · **What happens:** throw down, break down, tear down · **To what, where:** tear

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«הָרַס‎» 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: [הָרַס‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2040.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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throw down

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2040:m1:1
# text = throw down
1	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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. throw down, break tear down

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2040:m2:1
# text = vb. throw down, break tear down
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw down** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **break down** | infinitive | vb *not said here* | tear |  |  |  | down *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he; I will tear down; they will tear down

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2040:m3:1
# text = he; I will tear down; they will tear down
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear down** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tear down** | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «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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