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

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**Who acts:** you, it · **What happens:** deal, take · **To what, where:** he, root

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«שָׁרַשׁ‎» 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: [שָׁרַשׁ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8327.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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deal with the roots

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8327:m1:1
# text = deal with the roots
1	deal	deal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the roots | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with root=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. deal with the roots Pu. Poʿēl Poʿal

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*Sentence 1:* vb. denom. deal with the roots Pu.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8327:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. deal with the roots Pu.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	Pu	Pu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Poʿēl Poʿal

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8327:m2:2
# text = Poʿēl Poʿal
1	Poʿēl	Poʿēl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Poʿal	Poʿal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he; it has taken root; it took root

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8327:m3:1
# text = he; it has taken root; it took root
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme root=Destination |
| 2 | **take** | past | it | root |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Theme |

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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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