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

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**What happens:** use · **To what, where:** n.m, incense

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«סַם‎» 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: [סַם‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5561.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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spice

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5561:m1:1
# text = spice
1	spice	spice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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n.m. spice, used in incense

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5561:m2:1
# text = n.m. spice, used in incense
1	n.m	n.m	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	spice	spice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | n.m and spice *not said here* |  | incense |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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the perfumes; of perfumes; spices

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5561:m3:1
# text = the perfumes; of perfumes; spices
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	perfumes	perfume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	perfumes	perfume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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