giveth

«giveth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: gives — 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

gives

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«giveth» means «gives», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present. 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 giveth» = «he gives».

examples

• Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. (Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee; (Torah DEU.16.5, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «give», a verb of EWT); corpora 47 (Torah 47, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 5.3 (Torah alone 109.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
• Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
• And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
• for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee.
• If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying:

Trees and pragmatics

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