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# beareth

verb, old form of «bears» (he, she, it)

«beareth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«beareth» means «bears», a form of «bear»: A bear is a big, strong animal with thick fur, like a brown bear, polar bear or black bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/beareth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he beareth» = «he bears».

### Examples

- This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female. (Torah LEV.12.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/beareth/#x1)
- And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/beareth/#x2)
- And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/beareth/#x3)

### Note

Today: bears.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beareth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/beareth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beareth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/beareth.html) on Mova free.