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

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**Who acts:** vb, those · **What happens:** bend, bend down, bow, bow down

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«כָּפַף‎» 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: [כָּפַף‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3721.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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bend

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3721:m1:1
# text = bend
1	bend	bend	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. bend, bend down, be bent, bowed

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3721:m2:1
# text = vb. bend, bend down, be bent, bowed
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bowed	bow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bend down** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bend** | infinitive · passive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» |
| 4 | **bow** | participle | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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those who are bowed down; down?; it bowed down

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3721:m3:1
# text = those who are bowed down; down?; it bowed down
1	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bowed	bow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow down** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **bow down** | past | those |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «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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