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title: מֶרְקָחָה — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
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# מֶרְקָחָה

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**What happens:** season

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«מֶרְקָחָה‎» 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: [מֶרְקָחָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4841.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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seasoning

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4841:m1:1
# text = seasoning
1	seasoning	season	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 | **season** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «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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n.f. ointment-pot spice-seasoning Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4841:m2:1
# text = n.f. ointment-pot spice-seasoning Hiph.
1	n.f	n.f	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:desc	_	_
6	spice	spice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	seasoning	season	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **season** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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of ointment; seasoning

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4841:m3:1
# text = of ointment; seasoning
1	of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	seasoning	season	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 | **season** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of ointment | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: 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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