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

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** serve · **To what, where:** Hoph, serve

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«עָבַד‎» 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: [עָבַד‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5647.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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work

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5647:m1:1
# text = work
1	work	work	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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vb. work, serve Hoph. Qal Hiph.

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*Sentence 1:* vb. work, serve Hoph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5647:m2:1
# text = vb. work, serve Hoph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
6	Hoph	Hoph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | infinitive |  | Hoph |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoph=Attribute |

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*Sentence 2:* Qal Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5647:m2:2
# text = Qal Hiph.
1	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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serve; you will serve; they

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5647:m3:1
# text = serve; you will serve; they
1	serve	serve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | future | you | serve *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serve=Attribute |

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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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