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

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**Who acts:** vb strike · **What happens:** smite, defeat · **To what, where:** Niph, it, they

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«נָגַף‎» 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: [נָגַף‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5062.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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strike

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5062:m1:1
# text = strike
1	strike	strike	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. strike, smite Niph. Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb. strike, smite Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5062:m2:1
# text = vb. strike, smite Niph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	strike	strike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | infinitive | vb strike | Niph |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus niph=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 2:* Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5062:m2:2
# text = Qal
1	Qal	Qal	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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it was defeated; they were defeated; he

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5062:m3:1
# text = it was defeated; they were defeated; he
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | he *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **defeat** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | 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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