hence

«hence» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: from here; therefore — 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

from here; therefore

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

In the first two sentences it means away from this place. In the third it means for this reason. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we say "from here" or "away from here" for the place sense, and "therefore" for the reason sense. The place sense is old-fashioned, and the third sentence uses the reason sense as we do.

examples

• And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. (Torah EXO.33.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• But now go hence quickly with thy friends. (The Jungle Book) tree →
• Hence, God loves the number seven under the whole heaven. [37] (In the whole nature.) (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

primary record

hence

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 89 (Torah 10, tales 64, Sefer Yetzirah 15); EWT 5; ratio 0.9 (Torah alone 2.1); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
• And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
• 'Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
• Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'
• Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

Trees and pragmatics

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