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# falleth

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

«falleth» 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

«falleth» means «falls», a form of «fall»: To fall means to drop down toward the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. (Torah LEV.11.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#x1)
- Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#x2)
- 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/falleth/#x3)

### Note

Today: falls.

## On Mova

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