eateth

«eateth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: eats — 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

eats

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«eateth» means «eats», a form of «eat»: To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow 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 eateth» = «he eats».

examples

• Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Torah LEV.7.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. (Torah LEV.14.47, JPS 1917) tree →
• But every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Torah LEV.19.8, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «eat», a verb of EWT); corpora 15 (Torah 15, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.7 (Torah alone 35.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
• And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
• Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
• The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his desire; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
• She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Trees and pragmatics

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