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# nigh

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

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

near

### part of speech

adverb, adjective and preposition

### meaning for a pupil

Close by, in place or in time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nigh/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Old-fashioned; today we say "near" or "close", and "nigh" is used only in old or literary writing.

### examples

- When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. (Torah DEU.20.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nigh/#x1)
- Art drew nigh unobserved and brought him low. (Irish Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nigh/#x2)
- And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. (Torah NUM.18.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nigh/#x3)

### primary record

nigh

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 111 (Torah 30, tales 81, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 12.6 (Torah alone 70.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.694/)
- [And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.543/)
- [When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.551/)
- [But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.848/)
- [So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Arameans; and they fled before him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.258/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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