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title: סָבַל — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «סָבַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: bear a heavy load. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# סָבַל

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**Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** bear, carry, load · **To what, where:** heavy load, load

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«סָבַל‎» 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: [סָבַל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5445.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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bear a heavy load

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5445:m1:1
# text = bear a heavy load
1	bear	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | imperative | you *not said here* | a heavy load |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |

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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. bear

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5445:m2:1
# text = vb. bear
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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I will carry; will be loaded; carry a load

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5445:m3:1
# text = I will carry; will be loaded; carry a load
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	loaded	load	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **load** | future · passive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme» |
| 3 | **carry** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a load |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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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