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# belongeth

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

«belongeth» 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

«belongeth» means «belongs», a form of «belong»: To belong to someone is to be owned by them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/belongeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is. (Torah DEU.10.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/belongeth/#x1)
- In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth. (Torah LEV.27.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/belongeth/#x2)
- And the LORD shall make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.' (Torah EXO.9.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/belongeth/#x3)

### Note

Today: belongs.

## On Mova

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