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# pitch

«pitch» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **set up; degree, level** — 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

set up; degree, level

### part of speech

noun and verb

### meaning for a pupil

In the Torah "pitch" means to set up a tent or camp; in the fairy tale it means a high degree, as in "to the highest pitch". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today "pitch" as a verb means to throw or set up a tent, and as a noun a sports field or sound level; the old sense (set up camp, or degree) is used here.

### examples

- The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#x1)
- His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#x2)
- The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward; (Torah NUM.3.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pitch/#x3)

### primary record

pitch

### tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 87 (Torah 17, tales 70, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 3.3 (Torah alone 13.2); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.962/)
- [The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.111/)
- [The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.117/)
- [And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.486/)
- [And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.765/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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