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

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**Who acts:** you, they, I · **What happens:** shake, slip · **To what, where:** vb, those

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«מָעַד‎» 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: [מָעַד‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4571.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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slip

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4571:m1:1
# text = slip
1	slip	slip	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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vb. slip, slide, totter, shake Qal Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4571:m2:1
# text = vb. slip, slide, totter, shake Qal Qal
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	totter	totter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | vb and slip and slide and totter |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent qal=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they slip; I will slip; those who are slipping

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4571:m3:1
# text = they slip; I will slip; those who are slipping
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slip	slip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	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	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	slipping	slip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **slip** | future | I | those |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **slip** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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