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# giveth

«giveth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **gives** — 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

gives

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«giveth» means «gives», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/giveth/#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 giveth» = «he gives».

### examples

- Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/giveth/#x1)
- And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. (Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/giveth/#x2)
- Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee; (Torah DEU.16.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/giveth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «give», a verb of EWT); corpora 47 (Torah 47, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 5.3 (Torah alone 109.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1620/)
- [Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.565/)
- [And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.199/)
- [for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.359/)
- [If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.395/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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