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

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**Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** take, go, use · **To what, where:** left, left hand

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«שִׂמְאֵל‎» 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: [שִׂמְאֵל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8041.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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take the left

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8041:m1:1
# text = take the left
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the left |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent left=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. take the left

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8041:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. take the left
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the left |  |  |  | vb and denom *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent left=Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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go to the left; I will go to the left; using left hand

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8041:m3:1
# text = go to the left; I will go to the left; using left hand
1	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
13	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
14	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the left |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to left=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **go** | future | I |  |  | the left |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to left=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **use** | gerund |  | left hand |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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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