commandeth

«commandeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: commands — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

commands

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«commandeth» means «commands», a form of «command»: To tell someone officially to do something; to order. 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 commandeth» = «he commands».

examples

• And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. (Torah NUM.32.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• This day the LORD thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. (Torah DEU.26.16, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «command», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 2, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten into splinters, and the little house into chips.
• Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
• He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
• Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Trees and pragmatics

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