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

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**Who acts:** you, Piʿlel, they, it · **What happens:** be, befit · **To what, where:** Niph

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«נָאָה‎» 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: [נָאָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4998.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be comely

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4998:m1:1
# text = be comely
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	comely	comely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | comely *property* | 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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vb. Piʿlel be comely, befitting Niph. Piʿlel

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4998:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Piʿlel be comely, befitting Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4998:m2:2
# text = Piʿlel be comely, befitting Niph.
1	Piʿlel	Piʿlel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	comely	comely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	befitting	befit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	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 | **is** | infinitive | Piʿlel |  |  |  |  | comely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **befit** | gerund | Piʿlel *not said here* | Niph |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Piʿlel

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4998:m2:3
# text = Piʿlel
1	Piʿlel	Piʿlel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they are delightful; it is befitting

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4998:m3:1
# text = they are delightful; it is befitting
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	befitting	befit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | delightful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **befit** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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