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title: עָבַט — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «עָבַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: take a pledge. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# עָבַט

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** take, give, lend · **To what, where:** pledge, you

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«עָבַט‎» 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: [עָבַט‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5670.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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take a pledge

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5670:m1:1
# text = take a pledge
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a pledge |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pledge=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. denom. take give pledge

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5670:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. take give pledge
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vb and denom *vocative* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | pledge |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pledge=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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generously lend; take as pledge; you

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5670:m3:1
# text = generously lend; take as pledge; you
1	generously	generously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	lend	lend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | you |  |  | generously *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as pledge | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as pledge=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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