wherefore

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

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

why

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

For what reason; in the Torah sometimes it means "therefore". tree →

how it differs from today

Today it is old-fashioned; we say "why" or "so" instead.

examples

• Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace; (Torah NUM.25.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• "Wherefore did ye tarry so long?" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.' (Torah DEU.19.7, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

wherefore

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 103 (Torah 55, tales 48, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 11.7 (Torah alone 128.3); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'
• Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
• Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
• And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?
• Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying: 'Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Trees and pragmatics

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