toucheth

«toucheth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: touches — 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

touches

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«toucheth» means «touches», a form of «touch»: To put your hand or another part of your body on something. 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 toucheth» = «he touches».

examples

• He that toucheth the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days; (Torah NUM.19.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. (Torah EXO.30.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. (Torah LEV.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «touch», a verb of EWT); corpora 30 (Torah 30, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 3.4 (Torah alone 70.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
• And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire.
• And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.
• And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Trees and pragmatics

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