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

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, accuse · **To what, where:** adversary

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«שָׂטַן‎» 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: [שָׂטַן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7853.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be adversary

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7853:m1:1
# text = be adversary
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	adversary	adversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | adversary |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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. act as adversary

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7853:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. act as adversary
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adversary	adversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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they; those; those who accuse

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:7853:m3:1
# text = they; those; those who accuse
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	accuse	accuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accuse** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: 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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