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# doeth

«doeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **does** — 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

does

### part of speech

verb, form of do, third person

### meaning for a pupil

Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doeth/#m1)

### how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "does."

### examples

- And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel doeth valiantly. (Torah NUM.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doeth/#x1)
- Now she was gentle and strong as a wife can be; and from her lips came the words of faith: "Whatever He doeth is right and best." (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doeth/#x2)
- And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. (Torah LEV.23.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doeth/#x3)

### tests

manual 5; corpora 16 (Torah 15, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.8 (Torah alone 35.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel doeth valiantly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.885/)
- [Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.393/)
- [And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.867/)
- [They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.169/)
- [That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.179/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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