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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, he · **What happens:** be, become, wound · **To what, where:** sheep, I

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«חָלָה‎» 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: [חָלָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2470.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be weak

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2470:m1:1
# text = be weak
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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. be weak, sick Pi. Niph. Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb. be weak, sick Pi.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2470:m2:1
# text = vb. be weak, sick Pi.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Pi	pi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2470:m2:2
# text = Niph.
1	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	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 3:* Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2470:m2:3
# text = Qal
1	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he became sick; sheep; I have been wounded

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2470:m3:1
# text = he became sick; sheep; I have been wounded
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	wounded	wound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | he | sheep |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **wound** | present · perfect · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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