doest

«doest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: do — 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

do

part of speech

verb, form of do with thou

meaning for a pupil

Do something, with "thou" as the subject. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "do" with "you."

examples

• And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good. (Torah EXO.18.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• But now, see that thou doest my second task." Then she gave him her second command. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) tree →
• And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou doest. (Torah GEN.21.22, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

do

tests

manual 5; corpora 14 (Torah 8, tales 6, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.6 (Torah alone 18.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good.
• And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said: 'What doest thou here, Elijah?'
• When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
• 'Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee: What doest thou?
• How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of a wanton harlot;

Trees and pragmatics

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