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title: נוּף — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «נוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: move to and fro. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# נוּף

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**Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** move, fro, wave, besprinkle · **To what, where:** Poʿlel

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«נוּף‎» 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: [נוּף‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5130.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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move to and fro

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5130:m1:1
# text = move to and fro
1	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
4	fro	fro	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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. move to and fro, wave, besprinkle Poʿlel Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5130:m2:1
# text = vb. move to and fro, wave, besprinkle Poʿlel Hiph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fro	fro	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	besprinkle	besprinkle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	Poʿlel	Poʿlel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fro** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wave** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **besprinkle** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Poʿlel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he will wave; he waved; wave

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5130:m3:1
# text = he will wave; he waved; wave
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wave	wave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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