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

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«חֵלְכָה‎» 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: [חֵלְכָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2489.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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hapless

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2489:m1:1
# text = hapless
1	hapless	hapless	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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adj. hapless, unfortunate

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2489:m2:1
# text = adj. hapless, unfortunate
1	adj	adj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hapless	hapless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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an unfortunate person

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2489:m3:1
# text = an unfortunate person
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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