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# taketh

«taketh» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **takes** — 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

takes

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«taketh» means «takes», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#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 taketh» = «he takes».

### examples

- Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#x1)
- No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#x2)
- As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «take», a verb of EWT); corpora 11 (Torah 11, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.2 (Torah alone 25.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.645/)
- [Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.734/)
- [That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.179/)
- [He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.181/)
- [O consider and see that the LORD is good; happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.514/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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