heretofore
part of speech
adverb (formal, old use)
meaning for a pupil
Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "As heretofore" means as before, as in earlier times. In the primary lessons: in tales, it shows how things were before a change; a formal, old word
examples
- 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?' (Torah EXO.5.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.' (Torah EXO.4.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.' (Prophets JOS.3.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Heretofore the castle gates were always open. tree →
- Heretofore we had never seen a dragon. tree →
- The house was quiet heretofore. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «heretofore» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.