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

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**Who acts:** you, it · **What happens:** be, go, do

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«יָטַב‎» 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: [יָטַב‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3190.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be good

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3190:m1:1
# text = be good
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	good	good	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* |  |  |  |  | good *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. Qal Hiph.

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3190:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	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 2:* Qal Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3190:m2:2
# text = Qal Hiph.
1	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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it was good; it may go well; thoroughly do well

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3190:m3:1
# text = it was good; it may go well; thoroughly do well
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | may | it |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | thoroughly, well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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