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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, I · **What happens:** be, act, behave · **To what, where:** foolish fool

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«סָכַל‎» 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: [סָכַל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5528.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be foolish

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5528:m1:1
# text = be foolish
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | foolish *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP 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. be foolish fool

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5528:m2:1
# text = vb. be foolish fool
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | vb | foolish fool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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I have acted foolishly; you have acted foolishly; I have behaved foolishly

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5528:m3:1
# text = I have acted foolishly; you have acted foolishly; I have behaved foolishly
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	behaved	behave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
14	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | foolishly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **act** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  | foolishly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **behave** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | foolishly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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