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

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**Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** wipe, wipe out · **To what, where:** vb, Niph, it

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«מָחָה‎» 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: [מָחָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4229.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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wipe

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4229:m1:1
# text = wipe
1	wipe	wipe	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 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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. wipe, wipe out Niph. Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb. wipe, wipe out Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4229:m2:1
# text = vb. wipe, wipe out Niph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* | vb |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wipe out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Niph |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent niph=Source |

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*Sentence 2:* Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4229:m2:2
# text = Qal
1	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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wipe out; I will wipe; it will be wiped out

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4229:m3:1
# text = wipe out; I will wipe; it will be wiped out
1	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wipe** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wipe out** | future · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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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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