Grammar

Some grammar points.

Pronouns -
thou/ye & thee/you - indicates singular/plural only, Never status/respect as it does in common speech. God is singular and therefore never addressed using "you" (this does not mean "thou" is a "respectful" term)
"-th" ending for he/she/it (-s marks plural nouns only; No verb form ends in -s…)
"my lord" is a pronoun ('you'); "thy servant", "his servant" are pronouns ('me')
he/his for it/its;
she/her for it/its - mainly in referring to cities… "daughter of Judah" etc. likewise refer to cities of nations. (Chittim, Tyre, Zion, Israel, Judah, Jerusalem, Babylon, Samaria, Sodom, Nineveh). Also used for: the land (2Ch36); a fig tree (Rev6); a vine (Psa80, Eze17-19), ships (Act21/27), and Wisdom (Pro).
"no man" for "no one"

father/son/mother/daughter terms were used for extended-family relationships

other/such/certain/chief/choice/chosen/best [ones]
to/unto, til/until
would/could/should
Will vs shall

  • "Will" shows "willingness" to do, often in contrast with "shall", but most especially in conditional structures: "if you will A, then I shall B"
  • "Will" can & does also just express the future tense, as in the structure "I shall A, and will B" - this "shall" sets up the "will" to be a mere expression of sequence
  • The structure "I will A, and will B" may be a sequence of actions, OR it may be a list of [concurrent/simultaneous] expressions of willingness

Past Tense forms in the KJV:

Term Meaning Notes
abode did abide No 'abided'
bade did bid
besought did beseech
born (had 'beared')
brake did break No 'broke'
chode did chide No 'chided'
clave did cleave (1) (Meaning "sundered")
cleaved did cleave (2) (Meaning "stuck to")
dedicate* did dedicate Or, dedicated
drave did drive (1) (Meaning "scattered")
drove did drive (2) (Meaning "moved along")
durst did dare No 'dared'
fet* did fet*/fetch Or, fetched
forborn (had 'forbeared')
gat did get Or, got (7 occ.)
girt did gird Or, girded (35 occ.)
graft did graff Or, graffed
heat* did heat Or, heated
hoist did hoise Or, hoised
lay, lien did lay/lie
lift* did lift Or, lifted [compare P.T. forms let, set, cut, hit, put, read]
ought (owed) did owe (ought has 3 meanings)
rent did rend No 'rended'
shaked (1x) did shake Or, shook (common)
shod did shoe
shorn be sheared
smote did smite
sod did seethe No 'seethed'
sought did seek
spake did speak No 'spoke'
strake did strike Or, struck
strew did straw Or, strawed
strove did strive
sware did swear No 'swore'
tare did tear No 'tore'
trode did tread No 'treaded'
ware did wear No 'wore'
wist did wit (to 'realize' N/X, apprehend)
wrought did work No 'worked'


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