whereon

«whereon» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: on 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

on which

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

On what, or on which thing. tree →

how it differs from today

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

examples

• The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. (Torah GEN.28.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Cursed be the hearth whereon it was heated! (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 33 (Torah 13, tales 20, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 3.7 (Torah alone 30.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
• Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
• And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
• Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
• 'Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria: Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?

Trees and pragmatics

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