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

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**Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** be, enlarge, make · **To what, where:** Qal

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«רָחַב‎» 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: [רָחַב‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7337.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be wide

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m1:1
# text = be wide
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wide *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 Qal Hiph. Hiph. Niph. Hiph. Qal Qal

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*Sentence 1:* vb. be Qal Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m2:1
# text = vb. be Qal Hiph.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive |  | Qal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m2:2
# text = Hiph.
1	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Niph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m2:3
# text = Niph.
1	Niph	Niph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* Hiph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m2:4
# text = Hiph.
1	Hiph	Hiph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 5:* Qal Qal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m2:5
# text = Qal Qal
1	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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you enlarge; he will enlarge; make large

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7337:m3:1
# text = you enlarge; he will enlarge; make large
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlarge** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enlarge** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | large *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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