killeth

«killeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: kills — 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

kills

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«killeth» means «kills», a form of «kill»: To make a person, animal or plant die. 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 killeth» = «he kills».

examples

• And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. (Torah LEV.24.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «kill», a verb of EWT); corpora 8 (Torah 8, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.9 (Torah alone 18.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
• The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• And the people answered him after this manner, saying: 'So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.'
• The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Trees and pragmatics

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