thence
part of speech
adverb (thence — old, formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) From that place; from there. tree →
2) From that time; after that. tree →
3) For that reason; therefore. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word meaning from there. In the primary lessons: An old word met in classic books, the Bible and old maps or directions: «They went to London, and thence to Dover.» In modern talk people say «from there». In maths proofs very old texts write «thence» for «so».
examples
- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered. (Torah NUM.21.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi. (Prophets 1SA.24.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off. (Writings JOB.39.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds. (Writings PSA.64.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- They sailed to France and thence to Spain. tree →
- Go to the old oak and thence turn left. tree →
- He moved to Leeds and thence to Scotland. tree →
- From the Wild Wood the path led thence to Badger's house. tree →
- The river runs down to the town and thence to the sea. tree →
- We stayed a week in Paris, thence by train to Rome. tree →
note
Old-fashioned and formal; do not use it in everyday writing. Related old words: hence (from here), whence (from where). «From thence» is a common old phrase though strictly «thence» already means «from there».
In the corpora
- And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
- So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
- And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.