statute

«statute» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: law, rule — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

law, rule

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A law or rule that is written down and fixed, here one given by God. tree →

how it differs from today

Today a statute is a formal law passed by parliament. In the Torah it is a law or decree from God, not one voted in by people.

examples

• This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. (Torah LEV.17.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them; (Torah EXO.15.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.' (Torah NUM.27.11, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

statute

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 30 (Torah 30, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 3.4 (Torah alone 70.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.'
• There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;
• It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
• It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
• This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

Trees and pragmatics

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