voice

«voice» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: voice, command — 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

voice, command

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The sound made when speaking; in "hearken to thy voice" it means a command or word that must be obeyed. tree →

how it differs from today

Today "voice" is only the sound you make. The old sense also covers a command or word, as in "hearken to thy voice," which means obey.

examples

• And they shall hearken to thy voice. (Torah EXO.3.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• “Boat ahoy!” again came the voice. (Peter Pan) tree →
• The Voice, Spirit and Word are QUL, RUCh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

primary record

voice

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 1139 (Torah 86, tales 1039, Sefer Yetzirah 14); EWT 9; ratio 6.8 (Torah alone 10.6); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
• and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
• because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.'
• Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according to that which I command thee.
• Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Trees and pragmatics

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