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whatsoever

«whatsoever» in Mova's judaism dictionary: At all; used after "no", "none" or "nothing" to make it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb; pronoun and determiner (formal, emphatic)

meaning for a pupil

1) At all; used after "no", "none" or "nothing" to make it stronger. tree →

2) (formal, old) Whatever; anything at all. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old form meaning "whatever" or "anything at all," used to make a command strong and complete. In the primary lessons: In everyday talk and stories: "I have no idea whatsoever" = I have no idea at all. It makes a negative stronger. Phrases: no ... whatsoever, nothing whatsoever, none whatsoever.

examples

  • Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.' (Torah GEN.31.16, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you. (Torah LEV.11.12, JPS 1917) tree →
  • and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you. (Torah DEU.14.10, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine. (Writings JOB.41.3, JPS 1917) tree →
  • But our God is in the heavens; whatsoever pleased Him He hath done. (Writings PSA.115.3, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Give them, O LORD, whatsoever Thou wilt give; give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. (Prophets HOS.9.14, JPS 1917) tree →
  • I have no idea whatsoever where my shoe is. tree →
  • There was nothing whatsoever in the box. tree →
  • He showed no interest whatsoever in football. tree →
  • "Any questions?" "None whatsoever." tree →
  • There is no reason whatsoever to be scared. tree →
  • She had no money whatsoever left. tree →
  • Right or left--backward or forward--where to go he could form no guess whatsoever. tree →

note

Used after a noun with "no": "no chance whatsoever". It adds emphasis but no meaning. In maths: "no apples whatsoever" means zero.

In the corpora

Trees and pragmatics

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

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