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

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**Who acts:** you, vb denom, we, I · **What happens:** be, act

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«רָשַׁע‎» 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: [רָשַׁע‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7561.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be wicked

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7561:m1:1
# text = be wicked
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	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* |  |  |  |  | wicked *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. denom. be wicked, act wickedly

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7561:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. be wicked, act wickedly
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	act	act	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
9	wickedly	wickedly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | vb denom |  |  |  |  | wicked, wickedly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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we have acted wickedly; I am guilty; I have acted wickedly

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7561:m3:1
# text = we have acted wickedly; I am guilty; I have acted wickedly
1	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	wickedly	wickedly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
13	wickedly	wickedly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present · perfect | we |  |  |  |  | wickedly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | guilty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **act** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | wickedly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: 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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