issue

«issue» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: children; a flow — 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

children; a flow

part of speech

noun (issue, issues)

meaning for a pupil

In these texts it means a flow or discharge from the body, or something that comes out or proceeds from a source. tree →

how it differs from today

Today an issue is a problem or subject for discussion. "Issue orders" still means to give out orders, but the sense of coming out or flowing is old and used in the first and third sentences.

examples

• And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• From this day we shall issue orders to our armies to oppress all the subjects of this kingdom. (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• Three Mothers and Three Fathers; and thence issue Fire, Air, and Water. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

primary record

issue

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 47 (Torah 28, tales 16, Sefer Yetzirah 3); EWT 47; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 0.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
• And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.
• God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.
• Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
• Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;

Trees and pragmatics

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