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# falleth

«falleth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **falls** — 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

falls

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«falleth» means «falls», a form of «fall»: To fall means to drop down toward the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#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 falleth» = «he falls».

### examples

- And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. (Torah LEV.11.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#x1)
- Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#x2)
- And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «fall», a verb of EWT); corpora 5 (Torah 5, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.287/)
- [Where no wise direction is, a people falleth; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.304/)
- [A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.366/)
- [He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.496/)
- [For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again, but the wicked stumble under adversity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.702/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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