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

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**Who acts:** you, they, he · **What happens:** join · **To what, where:** Qal, themselves, himself

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«לָוָה‎» 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: [לָוָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3867.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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join

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3867:m1:1
# text = join
1	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: 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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join be joined Qal Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3867:m2:1
# text = join be joined Qal Niph.
1	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
4	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **join** | infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | Qal |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: qal=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they will join themselves; he will join himself; he has joined himself

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3867:m3:1
# text = they will join themselves; he will join himself; he has joined himself
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | future | they | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 2 | **join** | future | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 3 | **join** | present · perfect | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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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