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

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**What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Rachel Rachel

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«רָחֵל‎» 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: [רָחֵל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7354.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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Rachel

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7354:m1:1
# text = Rachel
1	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	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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pr. Rachel

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*Sentence 1:* pr.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7354:m2:1
# text = pr.
1	pr	pr	NOUN	NN	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 2:* Rachel

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7354:m2:2
# text = Rachel
1	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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Rachel; of Rachel; was Rachel

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7354:m3:1
# text = Rachel; of Rachel; was Rachel
1	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Rachel Rachel |  |  |  |  | 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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