doeth

«doeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: does — 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

does

part of speech

verb, form of do, third person

meaning for a pupil

Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "does."

examples

• And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel doeth valiantly. (Torah NUM.24.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now she was gentle and strong as a wife can be; and from her lips came the words of faith: "Whatever He doeth is right and best." (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. (Torah LEV.23.30, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 5; corpora 16 (Torah 15, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.8 (Torah alone 35.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel doeth valiantly.
• Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
• And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
• They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
• That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

Trees and pragmatics

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