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

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**Who acts:** you, lay bait lure, I · **What happens:** lay, ensnare · **To what, where:** bait, snares, they, trap

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«יָקֹשׁ‎» 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: [יָקֹשׁ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3369.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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lay a bait

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3369:m1:1
# text = lay a bait
1	lay	lay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | imperative | you *not said here* | a bait |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bait=Result |

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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. lay bait lure lay snares

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3369:m2:1
# text = vb. lay bait lure lay snares
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lay	lay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lure	lure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	snares	snare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | lay bait lure | snares |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snare=Result |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they will be ensnared; I laid a trap; are ensnared

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3369:m3:1
# text = they will be ensnared; I laid a trap; are ensnared
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	ensnared	ensnare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	ensnared	ensnare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensnare** | future · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **lay** | past | I | a trap |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Result |
| 3 | **ensnare** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» |

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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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