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# dieth

«dieth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **dies** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

dies

### part of speech

verb, old form of «dies» (he, she, it)

### meaning for a pupil

«dieth» means «dies», a form of «die»: To die means to stop living. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dieth/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he dieth» = «he dies».

### examples

- He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death. (Torah EXO.21.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dieth/#x1)
- If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. (Torah EXO.22.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dieth/#x2)
- That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.22.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dieth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «die», a verb of EWT); corpora 9 (Torah 9, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.591/)
- [And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.104/)
- [For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD; wherefore turn yourselves, and live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.439/)
- [The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1203/)
- [For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.813/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dieth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dieth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.