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

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** sow, fructify · **To what, where:** Hiph, Qal, bears seed

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«זָרַע‎» 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: [זָרַע‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2232.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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sow

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2232:m1:1
# text = sow
1	sow	sow	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. Hiph. be sown, fructified Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2232:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Hiph. be sown, fructified Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2232:m2:2
# text = Hiph. be sown, fructified Qal
1	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fructified	fructify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sow** | infinitive · passive |  | Hiph |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **fructify** | participle |  | Qal |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent qal=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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you will sow; sow; which bears seed

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2232:m3:1
# text = you will sow; sow; which bears seed
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sow	sow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sow	sow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sow** | future | you | bears seed |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sow** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: 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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