begot

«begot» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: fathered — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

fathered

part of speech

verb, past tense of beget

meaning for a pupil

Became the father of. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say fathered.

examples

• And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. (Torah GEN.25.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. (Torah GEN.5.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. (Torah GEN.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 6; corpora 71 (Torah 71, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 8.0 (Torah alone 165.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
• And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
• And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
• And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
• And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «begot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.