verily
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
(old use) Verily means truly or really, used to show that you mean what you say. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word for "truly" that adds weight to what is said. It translates a Hebrew word that stresses certainty. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and old-style speech, a way to say «truly» or «indeed» before a statement
examples
- And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. (Torah GEN.18.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.' (Torah GEN.21.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.' (Torah GEN.42.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. (Prophets ZEC.11.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. (Writings PSA.66.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. (Prophets ISA.45.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Verily, that is the way of the world. tree →
- «Why, verily, I'm glad we are so happily met.» tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah: 'Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
- Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
- So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock.
- But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
- All nations compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «verily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.