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

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**Who acts:** they · **What happens:** sharpen · **To what, where:** Hithpōʿ

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«שָׁנַן‎» 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: [שָׁנַן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8150.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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whet

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8150:m1:1
# text = whet
1	whet	whet	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. whet, sharpen Hithpōʿ.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8150:m2:1
# text = vb. whet, sharpen Hithpōʿ.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	whet	whet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sharpen	sharpen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	Hithpōʿ	Hithpōʿ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | infinitive |  | Hithpōʿ |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hithpōʿ=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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are sharpened; sharpened; they sharpen

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8150:m3:1
# text = are sharpened; sharpened; they sharpen
1	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sharpen	sharpen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | present · passive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
| 2 | **sharpen** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **sharpen** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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