delivereth

«delivereth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: delivers — 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

delivers

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«delivereth» means «delivers», a form of «deliver»: To deliver means to take letters, parcels or goods to a place or person: the postman delivers the post. 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 delivereth» = «he delivers».

examples

• And when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword; (Torah DEU.20.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, (Torah DEU.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «deliver», 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

• And when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;
• The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.
• Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Trees and pragmatics

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