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

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**Who acts:** you, vb sweep, I · **What happens:** sweep away, snatch away, catch up · **To what, where:** you, I

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«סָפָה‎» 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: [סָפָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5595.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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sweep away

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5595:m1:1
# text = sweep away
1	sweep	sweep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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. sweep snatch away, catch up

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5595:m2:1
# text = vb. sweep snatch away, catch up
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sweep	sweep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	snatch	snatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch away** | present | vb sweep |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **catch up** | infinitive | vb sweep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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you should be swept away; I will be swept away; I will catch up

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5595:m3:1
# text = you should be swept away; I will be swept away; I will catch up
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	swept	sweep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	swept	sweep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep away** | should · passive |  | you |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sweep away** | future · passive |  | I |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **catch up** | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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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