turneth

«turneth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: turns — 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

turns

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns. 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 turneth» = «he turns».

examples

• And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Torah LEV.20.6, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «turn», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 2, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
• That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
• When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
• And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
• When the LORD turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Trees and pragmatics

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