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# lieth

«lieth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **lies** — 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

lies

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«lieth» means «lies», a form of «lie»: To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#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 lieth» = «he lies».

### examples

- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. (Torah DEU.27.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#x1)
- These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#x2)
- Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lieth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «lie», a verb of EWT); corpora 17 (Torah 16, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 1); EWT 0; ratio 1.9 (Torah alone 37.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [(22-18) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.634/)
- [And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.416/)
- [Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.430/)
- [And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.446/)
- [Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.724/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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