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# wherefore

«wherefore» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **why** — 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

why

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

For what reason; in the Torah sometimes it means "therefore". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherefore/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it is old-fashioned; we say "why" or "so" instead.

### examples

- Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace; (Torah NUM.25.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherefore/#x1)
- "Wherefore did ye tarry so long?" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherefore/#x2)
- Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.' (Torah DEU.19.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherefore/#x3)

### primary record

wherefore

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 103 (Torah 55, tales 48, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 11.7 (Torah alone 128.3); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.255/)
- [Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.411/)
- [Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.572/)
- [And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1444/)
- [Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying: 'Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.131/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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