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

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**Who acts:** vb sling, he · **What happens:** hurl, sling

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«קָלַע‎» 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: [קָלַע‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7049.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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sling

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7049:m1:1
# text = sling
1	sling	sling	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. sling, hurl forth

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7049:m2:1
# text = vb. sling, hurl forth
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sling	sling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	hurl	hurl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurl** | infinitive | vb sling |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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am about to sling forth; was slinging; he

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7049:m3:1
# text = am about to sling forth; was slinging; he
1	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sling	sling	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	slinging	sling	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sling** | to-infinitive | he |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sling** | past · progressive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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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