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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, he, I · **What happens:** withhold, hold back, restrain

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«מָנַע‎» 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: [מָנַע‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4513.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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withhold

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4513:m1:1
# text = withhold
1	withhold	withhold	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 | **withhold** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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. withhold, hold back

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4513:m2:1
# text = vb. withhold, hold back
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	withhold	withhold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold back** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he; restrain; I restrained

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4513:m3:1
# text = he; restrain; I restrained
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	restrain	restrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	restrained	restrain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrain** | infinitive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **restrain** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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