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# shalt

auxiliary verb, form of shall used with thou

«shalt» 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

You will, or you must (used as a command or promise). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shalt/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say you shall or you will. In the Torah it often gives a command, meaning you must.

### Examples

- And thou shalt make settings of gold; (Torah EXO.28.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shalt/#x1)
- Thou shalt not be turned away. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shalt/#x2)
- Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shalt/#x3)

### Note

Today: shall, will.

## On Mova

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