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title: מֵסַב — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «מֵסַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: that which surrounds. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# מֵסַב

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**Who acts:** that · **What happens:** surround, be · **To what, where:** round Hiph

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«מֵסַב‎» 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: [מֵסַב‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4524.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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that which surrounds

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4524:m1:1
# text = that which surrounds
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	surrounds	surround	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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that which surrounds is round Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4524:m2:1
# text = that which surrounds is round Hiph.
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	surrounds	surround	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | round Hiph |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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my surroundings; round about; table

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4524:m3:1
# text = my surroundings; round about; table
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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