speaketh

«speaketh» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: speaks — 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

speaks

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«speaketh» means «speaks», a form of «speak»: To say words out loud; to talk: "Speak clearly." 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 speaketh» = «he speaks».

examples

• And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? (Torah GEN.44.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• "See, see, she hangeth by the throte, and therefor she speaketh not," saide others; "and the beast flieth not like a beast;" so she opened her mouth and "pashte hir all to pieces." (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. (Torah EXO.33.11, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «speak», a verb of EWT); corpora 8 (Torah 7, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.9 (Torah alone 16.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?
• And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
• Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel;
• They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
• May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

Trees and pragmatics

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