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# riseth

«riseth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **rises** — 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

rises

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«riseth» means «rises», a form of «rise»: To rise is to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/riseth/#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 riseth» = «he rises».

### examples

- But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter. (Torah DEU.22.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/riseth/#x1)
- Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. (Torah NUM.23.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/riseth/#x2)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «rise», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 2, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Who is this like the Nile that riseth up, like the rivers whose waters toss themselves?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1204/)
- [For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again, but the wicked stumble under adversity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.702/)
- [She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.912/)
- [Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.204/)
- [The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.634/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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