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

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**Who acts:** he · **What happens:** hamstring, pluck up · **To what, where:** it

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«עִקֵּר‎» 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: [עִקֵּר‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6131.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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hamstring

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6131:m1:1
# text = hamstring
1	hamstring	hamstring	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. denom. hamstring

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6131:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. hamstring
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	hamstring	hamstring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he hamstrung; it will be plucked up; pluck up

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6131:m3:1
# text = he hamstrung; it will be plucked up; pluck up
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hamstrung	hamstring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	pluck	pluck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hamstring** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pluck up** | future · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **pluck up** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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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