remaineth
kind
archaic form
modern equivalent
remains
part of speech
verb, old form of «remains» (he, she, it)
meaning for a pupil
«remaineth» means «remains», a form of «remain»: To remain is to stay or still be there after other things have gone or been used: two cakes remain. 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 remaineth» = «he remains».
examples
- And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. (Torah LEV.8.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- But that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. (Torah LEV.7.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.' (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917) tree →
tests
ending -eth (stem «remain», a verb of EWT); corpora 11 (Torah 11, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.2 (Torah alone 25.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)
In the corpora
- But that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
- And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
- This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
- The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools remaineth folly.
- And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Trees and pragmatics
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