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# taketh

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

«taketh» 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

«taketh» means «takes», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#x1)
- No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#x2)
- As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/taketh/#x3)

### Note

Today: takes.

## On Mova

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