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

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**Who acts:** you, Poʿēl, they, I · **What happens:** act, deal, glean · **To what, where:** denom

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«עָלַל‎» 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: [עָלַל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5953.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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act severely

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5953:m1:1
# text = act severely
1	act	act	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | severely *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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. Poʿēl act arbitrarily denom. Pōʿal Hithpōʿ.

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5953:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Poʿēl act arbitrarily denom.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5953:m2:2
# text = Poʿēl act arbitrarily denom.
1	Poʿēl	Poʿēl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	act	act	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	arbitrarily	arbitrarily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present | Poʿēl | denom |  |  |  | arbitrarily *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Pōʿal Hithpōʿ.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5953:m2:3
# text = Pōʿal Hithpōʿ.
1	Pōʿal	Pōʿal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Hithpōʿ	Hithpōʿ	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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they will deal wantonly; you will glean; I have dealt ruthlessly

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5953:m3:1
# text = they will deal wantonly; you will glean; I have dealt ruthlessly
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wantonly	wantonly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	glean	glean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	dealt	deal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
13	ruthlessly	ruthlessly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | future | they |  |  |  |  | wantonly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **glean** | future | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deal** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | ruthlessly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: 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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