maketh

«maketh» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: makes — 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

makes

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«maketh» means «makes», a form of «make»: To make is to build, cook or create something: make a cake. 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 maketh» = «he makes».

examples

• Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. (Torah DEU.27.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• As is the sin-offering, so is the guilt-offering; there is one law for them; the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it. (Torah LEV.7.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for Me an offering; of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take My offering. (Torah EXO.25.2, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «make», a verb of EWT); corpora 13 (Torah 10, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 3); EWT 0; ratio 1.5 (Torah alone 23.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way.
• The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.
• Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
• That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.

Trees and pragmatics

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