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# hence

«hence» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **from here; therefore** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

from here; therefore

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In the first two sentences it means away from this place. In the third it means for this reason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/hence/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today we say "from here" or "away from here" for the place sense, and "therefore" for the reason sense. The place sense is old-fashioned, and the third sentence uses the reason sense as we do.

### examples

- And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. (Torah EXO.33.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/hence/#x1)
- But now go hence quickly with thy friends. (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/hence/#x2)
- Hence, God loves the number seven under the whole heaven. [37] (In the whole nature.) (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/H/hence/#x3)

### primary record

hence

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 89 (Torah 10, tales 64, Sefer Yetzirah 15); EWT 5; ratio 0.9 (Torah alone 2.1); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1376/)
- [And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.998/)
- ['Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.628/)
- [Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.652/)
- [Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.34/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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