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

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**Who acts:** vb, he, they · **What happens:** toss, scatter, sprinkle · **To what, where:** throw

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«זָרַק‎» 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: [זָרַק‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2236.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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to toss

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2236:m1:1
# text = to toss
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	toss	toss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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. to toss throw scatter abundantly

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2236:m2:1
# text = vb. to toss throw scatter abundantly
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	toss	toss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
5	throw	throw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	scatter	scatter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	abundantly	abundantly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | to-infinitive | vb *not said here* | throw |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throw=Patient |
| 2 | **scatter** | present | vb |  |  |  |  | abundantly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he sprinkled; they will sprinkle; they sprinkled

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2236:m3:1
# text = he sprinkled; they will sprinkle; they sprinkled
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sprinkle	sprinkle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sprinkle** | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sprinkle** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | 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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