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

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**Who acts:** you, vb, he, one, I · **What happens:** constrain, bring, press, oppress · **To what, where:** straits, distress

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«צוּק‎» 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: [צוּק‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6693.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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constrain

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6693:m1:1
# text = constrain
1	constrain	constrain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constrain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

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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. constrain, bring into straits, press upon

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6693:m2:1
# text = vb. constrain, bring into straits, press upon
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	constrain	constrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	straits	strait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	press	press	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constrain** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  | straits |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into strait=Destination |
| 3 | **press** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he will bring distress; the one who oppresses; I will bring distress

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6693:m3:1
# text = he will bring distress; the one who oppresses; I will bring distress
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	oppresses	oppress	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | future | he | distress |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent distress=Destination one=Theme |
| 2 | **oppress** | present | the one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | future | I | distress |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent distress=Theme |

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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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