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title: צָרַע — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «צָרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: be stricken with leprosy. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# צָרַע

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**Who acts:** you, having, one · **What happens:** be, strike, have · **To what, where:** vb.denom, skin disease, one

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«צָרַע‎» 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: [צָרַע‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6879.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be stricken with leprosy

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6879:m1:1
# text = be stricken with leprosy
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	stricken	stricken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	leprosy	leprosy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with leprosy; stricken *property* | tree rules |

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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. be struck with leprosy, leprous

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6879:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. be struck with leprosy, leprous
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	leprosy	leprosy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	leprous	leprous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | infinitive · passive |  | vb.denom |  |  |  | with leprosy | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with leprosy=Instrument |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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having a skin disease; one who has a skin disease; was one who had a skin disease

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6879:m3:1
# text = having a skin disease; one who has a skin disease; was one who had a skin disease
1	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | a skin disease |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | a skin disease |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | past | having | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | past | one | a skin disease |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=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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