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# yea

«yea» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **yes; indeed** — 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

yes; indeed

### part of speech

interjection; adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Yes; or even, indeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yea/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it is an old word for "yes" and is rarely used; "yea" can also mean "indeed", as in the Torah sentence.

### examples

- Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.' (Torah EXO.18.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yea/#x1)
- Such was my wish, yea such When hardly three feet high, I longed for much. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yea/#x2)
- And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?' (Torah GEN.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yea/#x3)

### primary record

yea

### tests

manual 10.2; corpora 13 (Torah 9, tales 4, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 3; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 3.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.511/)
- [The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.154/)
- [And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.670/)
- [Yea, thou hast lifted up thine eyes on high, even against the Holy One of Israel!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.613/)
- [I have commanded My consecrated ones, yea, I have called My mighty ones for mine anger, even My proudly exulting ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.277/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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