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

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**What happens:** stumble

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«מַכְשֵׁלָה‎» 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: [מַכְשֵׁלָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4384.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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overthrown mass

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4384:m1:1
# text = overthrown mass
1	overthrown	overthrown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mass	mass	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.f. overthrown mass stumbling-block

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4384:m2:1
# text = n.f. overthrown mass stumbling-block
1	n.f	n.f	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	overthrown	overthrown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	stumbling	stumbling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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of ruins; stumbling-blocks

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4384:m3:1
# text = of ruins; stumbling-blocks
1	of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	ruins	ruin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	blocks	block	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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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 |

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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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