heareth

«heareth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: hears — 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

hears

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«heareth» means «hears», a form of «hear»: To notice sounds with your ears: "I hear a bird." 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 heareth» = «he hears».

examples

• And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.' (Torah GEN.21.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes: (Torah NUM.24.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The saying of him who heareth the words of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes: (Torah NUM.24.16, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «hear», a verb of EWT); corpora 11 (Torah 11, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.2 (Torah alone 25.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'
• Seeing many things, thou observest not; opening the ears, he heareth not.
• Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.
• A wise son is instructed of his father; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
• The ransom of a man's life are his riches; but the poor heareth no threatening.

Trees and pragmatics

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