saith

«saith» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: says — 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

says

part of speech

verb, third person singular present of say

meaning for a pupil

He says or declares; the speaker is telling you what someone says. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say says. The sentences use the same sense.

examples

• And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born. (Torah EXO.4.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear what little Red-Eye saith: “Nag, come up and dance with death!” (The Jungle Book) tree →
• And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt; (Torah EXO.11.4, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 4; corpora 22 (Torah 21, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.5 (Torah alone 49.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born.
• And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt;
• As saith the proverb of the ancients: Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
• 'Go and tell My servant David: Thus saith the LORD: Shalt thou build Me a house for Me to dwell in?
• Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'

Trees and pragmatics

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