whereof

«whereof» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: of which — 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

of which

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Of what, or of which thing. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we say "of which"; the word itself is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

examples

• Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?' (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• A fine collation was served up, whereof the young Prince ate not a morsel, so intently was he busied in gazing on her. (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) tree →
• And from thence to Beer; that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses: 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.' (Torah NUM.21.16, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 12 (Torah 10, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.4 (Torah alone 23.3); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'
• and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them: 'Ye shall not do this thing';
• The earth quaketh at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
• Behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord GOD; This is the day whereof I have spoken.
• There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the holiest dwelling-place of the Most High.

Trees and pragmatics

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