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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shel",
"word": "שֶׁל"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "shel'-",
"word": "שֶׁלְּ־"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "-shehu",
"word": "־שֶׁהוּ"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Likely a reduced form of the relativizer אֲשֶׁר (ashér).",
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"form": "שֶׁ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
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"romanization"
]
}
],
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"2": "conjunction",
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"tr": "she-"
},
"expansion": "שֶׁ־ • (she-)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "he",
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"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"that"
],
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"that",
"that"
]
],
"qualifier": "content clause",
"raw_glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"(content clause) that"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 45 18 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew clitics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 40 18 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 45 18 18",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 46 18 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew relative pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 61 12 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 38 18 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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11,
17
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
16
]
],
"english": "I was sad before he returned home.",
"text": "הייתי עצוב לפני שהוא חזר הביתה.",
"translation": "I was sad before he returned home.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"Used after preposition or adverb to turn it into a conjunction serving to introduce an adverbial clause."
],
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},
{
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"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"who, which"
],
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"links": [
[
"who",
"who"
],
[
"which",
"which"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"(relativizer) who, which"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃe/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "ש־"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Likely a reduced form of the relativizer אֲשֶׁר (ashér).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "שֶׁ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "she-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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}
],
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"args": {
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"wv": "שֶׁ־"
},
"expansion": "שֶׁ־ • (she-)",
"name": "he-part"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "May you have a good day!",
"text": "שיהיה לך יום טוב!",
"translation": "May you have a good day!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "May the Temple swiftly be rebuild in our days and give us a part in your Torah!",
"ref": "Amidah, Birkat Avodah",
"text": "שֶׁיִּבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ וְתֵן חֶלְקֵנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ:",
"translation": "May the Temple swiftly be rebuild in our days and give us a part in your Torah!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"may, would that"
],
"id": "en-ש־-he-particle-1kbLpLTv",
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[
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"may"
],
[
"would",
"would"
],
[
"that",
"that"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(modal, optative, jussive) may, would that"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "halváy",
"word": "הלוואי"
},
{
"roman": "halváy",
"word": "הַלְוַאי"
}
],
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"modal",
"optative"
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"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "ש־"
}
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"Hebrew conjunctions",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew particles",
"Hebrew relative pronouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "shel",
"word": "שֶׁל"
},
{
"roman": "shel'-",
"word": "שֶׁלְּ־"
},
{
"roman": "-shehu",
"word": "־שֶׁהוּ"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Likely a reduced form of the relativizer אֲשֶׁר (ashér).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "שֶׁ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "she-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "conjunction",
"head": "שֶׁ־",
"tr": "she-"
},
"expansion": "שֶׁ־ • (she-)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"that"
],
"links": [
[
"that",
"that"
]
],
"qualifier": "content clause",
"raw_glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"(content clause) that"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
17
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
16
]
],
"english": "I was sad before he returned home.",
"text": "הייתי עצוב לפני שהוא חזר הביתה.",
"translation": "I was sad before he returned home.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"Used after preposition or adverb to turn it into a conjunction serving to introduce an adverbial clause."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"who, which"
],
"links": [
[
"who",
"who"
],
[
"which",
"which"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Introduces a subordinate clause.",
"(relativizer) who, which"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃe/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "ש־"
}
{
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"Hebrew clitics",
"Hebrew conjunctions",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew particles",
"Hebrew relative pronouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Likely a reduced form of the relativizer אֲשֶׁר (ashér).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "שֶׁ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "she-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"tr": "she-",
"wv": "שֶׁ־"
},
"expansion": "שֶׁ־ • (she-)",
"name": "he-part"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Hebrew terms with usage examples",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "May you have a good day!",
"text": "שיהיה לך יום טוב!",
"translation": "May you have a good day!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "May the Temple swiftly be rebuild in our days and give us a part in your Torah!",
"ref": "Amidah, Birkat Avodah",
"text": "שֶׁיִּבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ וְתֵן חֶלְקֵנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ:",
"translation": "May the Temple swiftly be rebuild in our days and give us a part in your Torah!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"may, would that"
],
"links": [
[
"may",
"may"
],
[
"would",
"would"
],
[
"that",
"that"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(modal, optative, jussive) may, would that"
],
"tags": [
"jussive",
"modal",
"optative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃe/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "halváy",
"word": "הלוואי"
},
{
"roman": "halváy",
"word": "הַלְוַאי"
}
],
"word": "ש־"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ש־ meaning in Hebrew (3.4kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: relativizer",
"path": [
"ש־"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "conjunction",
"title": "ש־",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: relativizer",
"path": [
"ש־"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "conjunction",
"title": "ש־",
"trace": ""
}
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