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# thereof

«thereof» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **of it** — 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

of it

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Of that or of those just mentioned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereof/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Still used in formal and legal writing but not in speech, where we say "of it."

### examples

- the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.39.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereof/#x1)
- Swiftly they moved on their way, but the story that tells thereof moves still swifter. (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereof/#x2)
- It is unclear if the author or editor of this section is employing Hebrew terms in a novel way, is unfamiliar with human physiology, or is using animal organs to some symbolic effect, or some combination thereof. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereof/#x3)

### primary record

thereof

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 376 (Torah 361, tales 14, Sefer Yetzirah 1); EWT 0; ratio 42.6 (Torah alone 842.4); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.90/)
- [Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.221/)
- [And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1291/)
- [And I will put forth My hand, and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.74/)
- [And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.354/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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