putteth
kind
archaic form
modern equivalent
puts
part of speech
verb, old form of «puts» (he, she, it)
meaning for a pupil
«putteth» means «puts», a form of «put»: To put is to move something to a place: put the cup on the table. 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 putteth» = «he puts».
examples
- And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?' (Torah NUM.23.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.' (Torah EXO.30.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.' (Torah NUM.22.38, JPS 1917) tree →
tests
ending -eth (stem «put», a verb of EWT); corpora 5 (Torah 5, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary no archaic label
In the corpora
- And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?'
- He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.
- For God is judge; He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
- Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'
- He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be abundantly gratified.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «putteth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.