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# doest

«doest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **do** — 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

do

### part of speech

verb, form of do with thou

### meaning for a pupil

Do something, with "thou" as the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doest/#m1)

### how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "do" with "you."

### examples

- And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good. (Torah EXO.18.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doest/#x1)
- But now, see that thou doest my second task." Then she gave him her second command. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doest/#x2)
- And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou doest. (Torah GEN.21.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doest/#x3)

### primary record

do

### tests

manual 5; corpora 14 (Torah 8, tales 6, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.6 (Torah alone 18.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.517/)
- [And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said: 'What doest thou here, Elijah?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.716/)
- [When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.340/)
- ['Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee: What doest thou?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.235/)
- [How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of a wanton harlot;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.342/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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