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# whereupon

«whereupon» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **and then; after 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

and then; after which

### part of speech

conjunction; adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Immediately after which thing happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#m1)

### how it differs from today

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

### examples

- And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#x1)
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. (The Brown Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#x2)
- Whereupon the bone dropped and fell out. (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#x3)

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 166 (Torah 1, tales 165, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 18.8 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Is this house, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.212/)
- [For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city whereupon My name is called, and should ye be utterly unpunished?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.700/)
- [But they set their abominations in the house whereupon My name is called, to defile it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.909/)
- [and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.612/)
- [Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1006/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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