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

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**Who acts:** vb tear · **What happens:** rend, pluck, tear · **To what, where:** Niph, he

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«טָרַף‎» 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: [טָרַף‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2963.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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tear

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2963:m1:1
# text = tear
1	tear	tear	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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vb. tear, rend, pluck Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2963:m2:1
# text = vb. tear, rend, pluck Niph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	rend	rend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pluck	pluck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rend** | infinitive | vb tear |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pluck** | infinitive | vb tear *not said here* | Niph |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent niph=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he has been torn to pieces; surely tear; tear

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:2963:m3:1
# text = he has been torn to pieces; surely tear; tear
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | present · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  | to pieces *result*; tear *obl* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to piece=Result |
| 2 | **tear** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | surely *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: 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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