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# emerods

noun, plural of emerod

«emerods» 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

painful lumps or sores that swell on the skin, here as a plague sent on the wicked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/emerods/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say boils or swellings.

### Examples

- The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. (Torah DEU.28.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/emerods/#x1)

### Note

Today: boils or swellings.

## On Mova

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