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# slew

«slew» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **killed** — 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

killed

### part of speech

verb, past tense of slay

### meaning for a pupil

Killed, put to death, in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/slew/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Old past form of slay; today we say killed. The word slew now mostly means a large number (informal) or turning round.

### examples

- And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. (Torah NUM.31.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/slew/#x1)
- Warriors with long knives rushed forth and slew the camp-eater. (Old Indian Legends) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/slew/#x2)
- And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. (Torah GEN.38.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/slew/#x3)

### primary record

slew

### tests

manual 6; corpora 83 (Torah 15, tales 68, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 9.4 (Torah alone 35.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1223/)
- [And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him also.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1226/)
- [So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.218/)
- [And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1101/)
- [And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.241/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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