lacketh

«lacketh» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: lacks — 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

lacks

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«lacketh» means «lacks», a form of «lack»: To lack means not to have something, or not to have enough of it. 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 lacketh» = «he lacks».

examples

• and they said unto Moses: 'Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. (Torah NUM.31.49, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «lack», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
• 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
• 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
• He that despiseth his neighbour lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment holdeth his peace.
• Folly is joy to him that lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment walketh straightforwards.

Trees and pragmatics

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