belongeth

«belongeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: belongs — 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

belongs

part of speech

verb, old form of «belongs» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«belongeth» means «belongs», a form of «belong»: To belong to someone is to be owned by them. tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he belongeth» = «he belongs».

examples

• Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is. (Torah DEU.10.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth. (Torah LEV.27.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD shall make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.' (Torah EXO.9.4, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «belong», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 4, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
• Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
• Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people.
• God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this: that strength belongeth unto God;
• Also unto Thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for Thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Trees and pragmatics

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