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

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**Who acts:** you, it, they, he · **What happens:** be, become, bring · **To what, where:** vb

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«שָׁפֵל‎» 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: [שָׁפֵל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8213.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be low

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8213:m1:1
# text = be low
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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. be become low

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8213:m2:1
# text = vb. be become low
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | infinitive · passive |  | vb |  |  |  | low *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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it will become low; they will become low; he is bringing low

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8213:m3:1
# text = it will become low; they will become low; he is bringing low
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | future | it |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | future | they |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **bring** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: 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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