shalt

«shalt» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: shall, will — 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

shall, will

part of speech

auxiliary verb, form of shall used with thou

meaning for a pupil

You will, or you must (used as a command or promise). tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say you shall or you will. In the Torah it often gives a command, meaning you must.

examples

• And thou shalt make settings of gold; (Torah EXO.28.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not be turned away. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 5; corpora 1055 (Torah 908, tales 147, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 119.5 (Torah alone 2118.8); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
• But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• 'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
• But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
• and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.'

Trees and pragmatics

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