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

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**Who acts:** n.m, occasion, stumbling block · **What happens:** stumble, mean · **To what, where:** occasion, block

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«מִכְשׁוֹל‎» 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: [מִכְשׁוֹל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4383.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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a stumbling

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4383:m1:1
# text = a stumbling
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stumbling	stumbling	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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n.m. stumbling, means occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block Hoph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4383:m2:1
# text = n.m. stumbling, means occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block Hoph.
1	n.m	n.m	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	Hoph	Hoph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble** | gerund | n.m *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | n.m | occasion |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Topic |
| 3 | **stumble** | gerund | occasion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **stumble** | gerund | occasion *not said here* | block |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location block=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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the stumbling block; a stumbling block; stumbling block

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4383:m3:1
# text = the stumbling block; a stumbling block; stumbling block
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stumbling	stumbling	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
9	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
10	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stumble** | gerund | the stumbling block and a stumbling block *not said here* | block |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location block=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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