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

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**Who acts:** her · **What happens:** prostitute

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«זְנוּת‎» 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: [זְנוּת‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2184.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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fornication

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2184:m1:1
# text = fornication
1	fornication	fornication	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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n.f.abstr. fornication

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2184:m2:1
# text = n.f.abstr. fornication
1	n.f.abstr	n.f.abstr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fornication	fornication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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prostitution; prostitutions; her prostitution

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2184:m3:1
# text = prostitution; prostitutions; her prostitution
1	prostitution	prostitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	prostitutions	prostitution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	prostitution	prostitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prostitute** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prostitution «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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