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

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**Who acts:** he · **What happens:** bow down, crouch, humble, lay · **To what, where:** vb bow, Hithpōʿ, it, he

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«שָׁחַח‎» 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: [שָׁחַח‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7817.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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bow

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7817:m1:1
# text = bow
1	bow	bow	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. bow, be bowed down, crouch Hithpōʿ.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7817:m2:1
# text = vb. bow, be bowed down, crouch Hithpōʿ.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	bowed	bow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	crouch	crouch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	Hithpōʿ	Hithpōʿ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow down** | infinitive · passive |  | vb bow |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **crouch** | infinitive |  | Hithpōʿ |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hithpōʿ=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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it will be humbled; he has been humbled; he will lay low

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7817:m3:1
# text = it will be humbled; he has been humbled; he will lay low
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	humbled	humble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	humbled	humble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **humble** | future · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **humble** | present · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 3 | **lay** | future | he |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn create-26.4 «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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