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

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«נָבָל‎» 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: [נָבָל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5036.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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foolish

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5036:m1:1
# text = foolish
1	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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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adj. foolish, senseless fool

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5036:m2:1
# text = adj. foolish, senseless fool
1	adj	adj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	senseless	senseless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	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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a fool; foolish; of a fool

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5036:m3:1
# text = a fool; foolish; of a fool
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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