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

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**Who acts:** he, they · **What happens:** refuse

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«מָאֵן‎» 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: [מָאֵן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3985.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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refuse

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3985:m1:1
# text = refuse
1	refuse	refuse	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. Pi. refuse (Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3985: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:* Pi. refuse (Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3985:m2:2
# text = Pi. refuse (Qal
1	Pi	pi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	refuse	refuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he refused; they refused; he has refused

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3985:m3:1
# text = he refused; they refused; he has refused
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **refuse** | present · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: 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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