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title: שָׁחַד — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «שָׁחַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: give a present. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# שָׁחַד

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**Who acts:** you, vb · **What happens:** give, bribe · **To what, where:** present, reward

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«שָׁחַד‎» 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: [שָׁחַד‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7809.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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give a present

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7809:m1:1
# text = give a present
1	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a present |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=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. give present, bribe

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7809:m2:1
# text = vb. give present, bribe
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bribe	bribe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  | present *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bribe** | infinitive | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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give a reward; you have bribed

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7809:m3:1
# text = give a reward; you have bribed
1	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	bribed	bribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a reward |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 2 | **bribe** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «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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