covereth

«covereth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: covers — 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

covers

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«covereth» means «covers», a form of «cover»: To cover is to put something over another thing to hide or protect it. 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 covereth» = «he covers».

examples

• And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, (Torah LEV.7.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders. (Torah DEU.33.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. (Torah LEV.9.19, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «cover», a verb of EWT); corpora 10 (Torah 10, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.1 (Torah alone 23.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
• His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise.
• Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
• Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass.
• Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

Trees and pragmatics

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