---
title: תּוֹעָה — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «תּוֹעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: wandering. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8442/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/)‎ / תּוֹעָה‎

<!-- dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# תּוֹעָה

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** n.f · **What happens:** wonder · **To what, where:** error

<!-- .vabout -->
«תּוֹעָה‎» 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: [תּוֹעָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8442.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wandering

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8442:m1:1
# text = wandering
1	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
n.f. wandering, error

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8442:m2:1
# text = n.f. wandering, error
1	n.f	n.f	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | n.f | error |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
confusion; error

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8442:m3:1
# text = confusion; error
1	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [תּוֹעֵבַה‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8441/)
- next →: [תֹּועָפֹות‎](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8443/)
- ↑ back to [ת‎ in Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/)