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# toucheth

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

«toucheth» 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

«toucheth» means «touches», a form of «touch»: To put your hand or another part of your body on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/toucheth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- He that toucheth the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days; (Torah NUM.19.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/toucheth/#x1)
- And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. (Torah EXO.30.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/toucheth/#x2)
- And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. (Torah LEV.7.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/toucheth/#x3)

### Note

Today: touches.

## On Mova

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