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# yesternight

noun; adverb

«yesternight» 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

The night before today; yesterday evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yesternight/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "last night".

### Examples

- God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.' (Torah GEN.31.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yesternight/#x1)
- And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. (Torah GEN.19.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yesternight/#x2)
- It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (Torah GEN.31.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/Y/yesternight/#x3)

### Note

Today: last night.

## On Mova

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