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

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**What happens:** astound, found, be, astonish · **To what, where:** vb, Qal, astonished, they

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«תָּמַהּ‎» 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: [תָּמַהּ‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8539.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be astounded

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8539:m1:1
# text = be astounded
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	astounded	astound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **astound** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

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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 astounded, dumb-founded Qal Hithpalp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8539:m2:1
# text = vb. be astounded, dumb-founded Qal Hithpalp.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	astounded	astound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
9	Qal	Qal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	Hithpalp	Hithpalp	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **astound** | infinitive · passive |  | vb |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **found** | participle |  | Qal |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent qal=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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be astonished; be astounded; they are astonished

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:8539:m3:1
# text = be astonished; be astounded; they are astonished
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	astonished	astonished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	astounded	astound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	astonished	astonish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | astonished *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **astound** | infinitive · passive |  | astonished |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 3 | **astonish** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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