bringeth
kind
archaic form
modern equivalent
brings
part of speech
verb, old form of «brings» (he, she, it)
meaning for a pupil
«bringeth» means «brings», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school». 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 bringeth» = «he brings».
examples
- and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctify them. (Torah LEV.22.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills; (Torah DEU.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when any one bringeth a meal-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon. (Torah LEV.2.1, JPS 1917) tree →
tests
ending -eth (stem «bring», a verb of EWT); corpora 9 (Torah 9, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label
In the corpora
- The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
- The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.
- Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,
- That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.
- Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace!
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bringeth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.