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# draweth

«draweth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **draws** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

draws

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«draweth» means «draws», a form of «draw»: To draw means to make a picture or shape with a pencil, pen or crayon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/draweth/#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 draweth» = «he draws».

### examples

- And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.' (Torah NUM.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/draweth/#x1)
- And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death. (Torah NUM.1.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/draweth/#x2)
- When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets; (Torah DEU.25.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/draweth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «draw», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 4, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1543/)
- [He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.642/)
- [Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to the destroyers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.866/)
- [For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.967/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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