---
title: חֵקֶר — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «חֵקֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: searching. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2714/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/)‎ / חֵקֶר‎

<!-- dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# חֵקֶר

<!-- .vintro -->
**What happens:** search, search out · **To what, where:** n.m searching, searching

<!-- .vabout -->
«חֵקֶר‎» 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: [חֵקֶר‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2714.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
searching

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2714:m1:1
# text = searching
1	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
n.m. searching, thing (to be) searched out

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2714:m2:1
# text = n.m. searching, thing (to be) searched out
1	n.m	n.m	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	searching	searching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
10	searched	search	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search out** | infinitive · passive |  | n.m searching |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
searching; the searching; resolves

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2714:m3:1
# text = searching; the searching; resolves
1	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	searching	searching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
6	resolves	resolve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | gerund |  | the searching |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent searching=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [חָקַר‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2713/)
- next →: [חֻר‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2352/)
- ↑ back to [ח‎ in Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/)