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

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**What happens:** waste away · **To what, where:** it, they

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«עָשֵׁשׁ‎» 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: [עָשֵׁשׁ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6244.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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waste away

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6244:m1:1
# text = waste away
1	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb. waste away

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6244:m2:1
# text = vb. waste away
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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it has wasted away; they have wasted away

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6244:m3:1
# text = it has wasted away; they have wasted away
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waste away** | present · perfect · passive |  | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **waste away** | present · perfect · passive |  | they |  |  |  | away *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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