slew

«slew» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: killed — 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

killed

part of speech

verb, past tense of slay

meaning for a pupil

Killed, put to death, in the past. tree →

how it differs from today

Old past form of slay; today we say killed. The word slew now mostly means a large number (informal) or turning round.

examples

• And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. (Torah NUM.31.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Warriors with long knives rushed forth and slew the camp-eater. (Old Indian Legends) tree →
• And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. (Torah GEN.38.7, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

slew

tests

manual 6; corpora 83 (Torah 15, tales 68, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 9.4 (Torah alone 35.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
• And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him also.
• So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
• And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
• And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

Trees and pragmatics

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