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# goeth

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

«goeth» 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

«goeth» means «goes», a form of «go»: To go is to move from one place to another: go to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/goeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- and she departeth out of his house, and goeth and becometh another man's wife, (Torah DEU.24.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/goeth/#x1)
- PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL 132 (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/goeth/#x2)
- And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.' (Torah GEN.38.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/G/goeth/#x3)

### Note

Today: goes.

## On Mova

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