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# thee

pronoun, object form, one person

«thee» 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, used when you are the one being spoken to and are the object of the verb or preposition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thee/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say you for both the subject and object forms.

### Examples

- Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thee/#x1)
- "I be come to see thee." (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thee/#x2)
- Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee." Rabbi Luria, gives the Hebrew version which I have translated. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thee/#x3)

### Note

Today: you.

## On Mova

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