hither

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

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

here, to this place

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

To this place. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we say "here" or "to here"; "hither" is old-fashioned and now found mostly in set phrases like "hither and thither". The sentences use it in the sense "to here", which is no longer normal.

examples

• And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.' (Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• I know why you come hither. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. (Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

hither

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 173 (Torah 6, tales 167, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 19.6 (Torah alone 14.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
• Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
• And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: 'Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.'
• And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest: 'Bring hither the ephod.'
• But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Trees and pragmatics

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