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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, they · **What happens:** turn about, go around, surround, turn · **To what, where:** Hiph

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«סָבַב‎» 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: [סָבַב‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5437.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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turn about

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5437:m1:1
# text = turn about
1	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn about** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | 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. turn about, go around, surround Hiph. Poʿ. Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb. turn about, go around, surround Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5437:m2:1
# text = vb. turn about, go around, surround Hiph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	surround	surround	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn about** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go around** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **surround** | infinitive | vb *not said here* | Hiph |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hiph=Co-Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* Poʿ.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5437:m2:2
# text = Poʿ.
1	Poʿ	Poʿ	PROPN	NNP	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 3:* Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5437:m2:3
# 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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they; he turned; go around

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5437:m3:1
# text = they; he turned; go around
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go around** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: 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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