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title: תָּוָה — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «תָּוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: make a mark. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# תָּוָה

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**Who acts:** you, vb.denom, he · **What happens:** make, mark · **To what, where:** mark, set mark, marks

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«תָּוָה‎» 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: [תָּוָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8427.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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make a mark

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8427:m1:1
# text = make a mark
1	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a mark |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mark=Product |

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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. make set mark

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8427:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. make set mark
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | infinitive | vb.denom | set mark |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mark=Product |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he made marks; you will mark

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8427:m3:1
# text = he made marks; you will mark
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | he | marks |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Product |
| 2 | **mark** | future | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: 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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