setteth

«setteth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: sets — 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

sets

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«setteth» means «sets», a form of «set»: A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set. 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 setteth» = «he sets».

examples

• Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. (Torah DEU.27.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it; (Torah NUM.4.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains. (Torah DEU.32.22, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «set», 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

• Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
• Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
• He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
• As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
• Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

Trees and pragmatics

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