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

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**Who acts:** I, delay · **What happens:** delay · **To what, where:** delay

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«מָהַהּ‎» 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: [מָהַהּ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4102.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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linger

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4102:m1:1
# text = linger
1	linger	linger	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. Hithpalp. linger, tarry

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4102: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:* Hithpalp. linger, tarry

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4102:m2:2
# text = Hithpalp. linger, tarry
1	Hithpalp	Hithpalp	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	linger	linger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tarry	tarry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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delay; I have delayed; will be delaying

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4102:m3:1
# text = delay; I have delayed; will be delaying
1	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	delayed	delay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	delaying	delay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delay** | present · perfect | I | delay *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent delay=Source |
| 2 | **delay** | future · progressive | delay |  |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «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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