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title: חוּד — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «חוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: propound a riddle. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# חוּד

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**Who acts:** you, vb.denom, me · **What happens:** propound, ask, let · **To what, where:** riddle, me

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«חוּד‎» 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: [חוּד‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2330.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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propound a riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2330:m1:1
# text = propound a riddle
1	propound	propound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propound** | imperative | you *not said here* | a riddle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.denom. propound riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2330:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. propound riddle
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	propound	propound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propound** | infinitive | vb.denom | riddle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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ask; ask a riddle; let me ask a riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2330:m3:1
# text = ask; ask a riddle; let me ask a riddle
1	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a riddle |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | me *not said here* | a riddle |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient |

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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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