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

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** dwell, refuge · **To what, where:** habitation

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«מָעוֹן‎» 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: [מָעוֹן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4583.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4583:m1:1
# text = dwelling
1	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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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refuge habitation

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4583:m2:1
# text = refuge habitation
1	refuge	refuge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	habitation	habitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuge** | imperative | you *not said here* | habitation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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a habitation; a dwelling place; place

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4583:m3:1
# text = a habitation; a dwelling place; place
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	habitation	habitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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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