mayest
Americanverb
verb
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"Awaken, doomed city, that thou mayest save thyself," the prophet cries out in Zweig's play.
From Salon
Steinbeck translates it as thou mayest, and the question at hand is that God says to Cain, in some translations, you can triumph over sin, and some translations he says, you will triumph over sin.
From Slate
And this character in the book does a kind of deep dive into the actual word in Hebrew and comes up with this thou mayest.
From Slate
I think thou mayest choose a different life.
From Slate
What he ultimately concludes, she said, is “thou mayest triumph over sin, but it’s in the hands of the next generation; it’s a choice.”
From Los Angeles Times
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