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# whereon

«whereon» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **on 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

on which

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

On what, or on which thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereon/#m1)

### how it differs from today

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

### examples

- The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. (Torah GEN.28.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereon/#x1)
- Cursed be the hearth whereon it was heated! (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereon/#x2)
- Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereon/#x3)

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 33 (Torah 13, tales 20, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 3.7 (Torah alone 30.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.839/)
- [Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.430/)
- [And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.987/)
- [Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon their ways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.643/)
- ['Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria: Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.741/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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