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

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**Who acts:** one · **What happens:** esteem, dishonour, dishonor · **To what, where:** vb, one, he

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«קָלָה‎» 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: [קָלָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7034.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be lightly esteemed

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7034:m1:1
# text = be lightly esteemed
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	lightly	lightly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	esteemed	esteem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **esteem** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | lightly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |

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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. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7034:m2:1
# text = vb. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	lightly	lightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	esteemed	esteem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dishonoured	dishonour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **esteem** | infinitive · passive |  | vb |  |  |  | lightly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 2 | **dishonour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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one who is lightly esteemed; one who dishonors; he will be dishonored

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7034:m3:1
# text = one who is lightly esteemed; one who dishonors; he will be dishonored
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	lightly	lightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	esteemed	esteem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dishonors	dishonor	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	dishonored	dishonor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
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| 1 | **esteem** | present · passive |  | one |  |  |  | lightly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **dishonor** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dishonor** | future · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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