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# saith

verb, third person singular present of say

«saith» 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

He says or declares; the speaker is telling you what someone says. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/saith/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say says. The sentences use the same sense.

### Examples

- And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born. (Torah EXO.4.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/saith/#x1)
- Hear what little Red-Eye saith: “Nag, come up and dance with death!” (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/saith/#x2)
- And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt; (Torah EXO.11.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/saith/#x3)

### Note

Today: says.

## On Mova

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