henceforth

«henceforth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: From now on; from this time into the future — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

(formal) From now on; from this time into the future. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in formal announcements, laws, old stories and the Bible: «henceforth all generations shall call me blessed». It tells the reader a rule or change starts now. Phrases: henceforth known as, henceforth and forever.

examples

• And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. (Torah NUM.18.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. (Torah DEU.19.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.' (Torah GEN.4.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.' (Writings 2CH.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died; (Prophets JDG.2.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. (Prophets ISA.52.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Henceforth, all pupils must wear their hats in the sun. tree →
• The village, henceforth known as Riverbend, grew quickly. tree →
• The king declared that henceforth there would be no more taxes. tree →
• Henceforth, I will always check my answers. tree →
• In the Bible Mary says that henceforth all generations will call her blessed. tree →
• Henceforth you are at home here in my stead.” tree →

note

Very formal and a bit old-fashioned. In speech say «from now on». Related: hence (therefore; from here). Also «henceforward» with the same meaning.

In the corpora

• And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
• And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.
• I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
• Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'

Trees and pragmatics

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