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# wherein

«wherein» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **in which** — 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

in which

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In what place, thing or way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherein/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today we say "in which" or "where"; the word itself is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

### examples

- And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. (Torah NUM.31.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherein/#x1)
- Presently he finds himself in a different world, wherein he meets a beauteous maiden who explains everything to him. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherein/#x2)
- And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. (Torah GEN.7.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherein/#x3)

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 76 (Torah 36, tales 40, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 2.9 (Torah alone 28.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.186/)
- [then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.364/)
- [And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1104/)
- [And the priest said unto them: 'Go in peace; before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.522/)
- [And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.366/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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