---
title: יַעַן — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «יַעַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: purpose. 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/1497/3282/)

<!-- 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/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/)‎ / יַעַן‎

<!-- dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# יַעַן

<!-- .vintro -->
**What happens:** account · **To what, where:** prep conj

<!-- .vabout -->
«יַעַן‎» 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: [יַעַן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3282.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3282:m1:1
# text = purpose
1	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
subst. purpose, intention prep. conj. on account of, because prep. conj.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3282:m2:1
# text = subst. purpose, intention prep. conj. on account of, because prep. conj.
1	subst	subst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	prep	prep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
8	conj	conj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
15	prep	prep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
17	conj	conj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | prep conj |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because; because of; cause

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3282:m3:1
# text = because; because of; cause
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- 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: [יַעְלָם‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3281/)
- next →: [יָעֵן‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3283/)
- ↑ back to [י‎ in Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/)