blesseth

«blesseth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: blesses — 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

blesses

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«blesseth» means «blesses», a form of «bless»: To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader. 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 blesseth» = «he blesses».

examples

• Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee. (Torah GEN.27.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, and cursed be every one that curseth thee. (Torah NUM.24.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee. (Torah DEU.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «bless», a verb of EWT); corpora 3 (Torah 3, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.3 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
• Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, and cursed be every one that curseth thee.
• He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
• The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
• He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Trees and pragmatics

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