nigh

«nigh» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: near — 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

near

part of speech

adverb, adjective and preposition

meaning for a pupil

Close by, in place or in time. tree →

how it differs from today

Old-fashioned; today we say "near" or "close", and "nigh" is used only in old or literary writing.

examples

• When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. (Torah DEU.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Art drew nigh unobserved and brought him low. (Irish Fairy Tales) tree →
• And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. (Torah NUM.18.22, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

nigh

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 111 (Torah 30, tales 81, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 12.6 (Torah alone 70.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
• And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
• When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
• But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
• So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Arameans; and they fled before him.

Trees and pragmatics

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