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# רָחַף

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**Who acts:** it, they · **What happens:** hover, become

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«רָחַף‎» 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: [רָחַף‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7363.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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hover

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7363:m1:1
# text = hover
1	hover	hover	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. Pi. hover

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7363:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	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:* Pi. hover

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7363:m2:2
# text = Pi. hover
1	Pi	pi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hover	hover	NOUN	NN	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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was hovering; it hovers; they have become weak

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7363:m3:1
# text = was hovering; it hovers; they have become weak
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	hovering	hover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hovers	hover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
10	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hover** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hover** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **become** | present · perfect | they |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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