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

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**Who acts:** you, vb.denom · **What happens:** become · **To what, where:** Jew

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«יָהַד‎» 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: [יָהַד‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3054.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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become a Jew

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3054:m1:1
# text = become a Jew
1	become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Jew	Jew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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. become Jew

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3054:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. become Jew
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Jew	Jew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | infinitive | vb.denom | Jew |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient jew=Result |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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were becoming Jews

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3054:m3:1
# text = were becoming Jews
1	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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