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

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**Who acts:** you, we · **What happens:** commit, do, bend down, bend over · **To what, where:** iniquity, vb, I

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«עָוָה‎» 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: [עָוָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5753.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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commit iniquity

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5753:m1:1
# text = commit iniquity
1	commit	commit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | imperative | you *not said here* | iniquity |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=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. commit iniquity, do wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5753:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. commit iniquity, do wrong
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	commit	commit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | imperative | you *not said here* | vb and denom |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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we have done wrong; I am bent down; I am bent over

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5753:m3:1
# text = we have done wrong; I am bent down; I am bent over
1	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · perfect | we |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bend down** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material |
| 3 | **bend over** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  | over *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material |

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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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