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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, I · **What happens:** be, have, reconcile · **To what, where:** habit

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«סָכַן‎» 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: [סָכַן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5532.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be of use

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5532:m1:1
# text = be of use
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of use | 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 of use service, benefit

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5532:m2:1
# text = vb. be of use service, benefit
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  | of use service and benefit | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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have the habit?; be reconciled; have I had the habit

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5532:m3:1
# text = have the habit?; be reconciled; have I had the habit
1	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	reconciled	reconcile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | the habit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habit=Patient |
| 2 | **reconcile** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | past | I | the habit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habit=Patient |

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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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