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# setteth

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

«setteth» 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

«setteth» means «sets», a form of «set»: A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/setteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. (Torah DEU.27.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/setteth/#x1)
- when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it; (Torah NUM.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/setteth/#x2)
- For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains. (Torah DEU.32.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/setteth/#x3)

### Note

Today: sets.

## On Mova

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