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

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**Who acts:** you, vb denom · **What happens:** be, bear · **To what, where:** double, twins

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«תָּאַם‎» 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: [תָּאַם‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8382.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be double

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8382:m1:1
# text = be double
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* | double |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot double=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. be double

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8382:m2:1
# text = vb. denom. be double
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	denom	denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | vb denom |  |  |  |  | double *property* | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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are bearing twins

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8382:m3:1
# text = are bearing twins
1	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · progressive |  | twins |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twin=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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