faint

«faint» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: weak, tired — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

weak, tired

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

weak, tired and nearly without strength, especially from hunger. tree →

how it differs from today

Today faint means not strong or clear, or means passing out; here it means weak from hunger, and the second sentence uses the today's sense of passing out.

examples

• And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. (Torah GEN.25.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• The sickening smell made him faint. (Japanese Fairy Tales) tree →
• And Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore was his name called Edom. (Torah GEN.25.30, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

faint

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 110 (Torah 5, tales 105, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 12.5 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
• And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.
• The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
• The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.
• He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.

Trees and pragmatics

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