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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, he · **What happens:** make, toss, throw away, reject · **To what, where:** light

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«סָלָה‎» 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: [סָלָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5541.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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make light of

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5541:m1:1
# text = make light of
1	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | light |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |

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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. make light of, toss aside

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5541:m2:1
# text = vb. make light of, toss aside
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	toss	toss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | infinitive | vb | light |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |
| 2 | **toss** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aside *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he has thrown away; you reject

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5541:m3:1
# text = he has thrown away; you reject
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reject	reject	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | present · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **reject** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: 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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