passeth

«passeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: passes — 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

passes

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«passeth» means «passes», a form of «pass»: To pass something is to give it to the next person. 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 passeth» = «he passes».

examples

• Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD. (Torah EXO.30.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.27.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I have passed by. (Torah EXO.33.22, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «pass», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 4, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD.
• Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you over the Jordan.
• He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; the way with his feet he treadeth not.
• Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
• Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Trees and pragmatics

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