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hereof

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic legal and formal term meaning "of this" or "concerning this matter," occasionally appearing in classic structured verse.

Detailed Definition
Hereof is an older English word meaning 'of this' or 'concerning this.' It survives mostly in legal, biblical, or highly literary writing, so it can sound unfamiliar in modern reading.
Example
Example in poetry:
“She shall not hear us if we sing hereof” means “of this” or “concerning this”; the word is common in older legal, biblical, and poetic diction; “Speak hereof only when the doors are shut” preserves its formal, archaic tone; “The poem’s hereof creates distance between modern readers and the speaker’s secret matter” explains its stylistic effect
Additional Notes
'Hereof' is an archaic form that appears in the poem and is unlikely to be part of everyday modern vocabulary.; Found in the poem, A Leave-Taking by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Also Known As
of this regarding this pertaining to this
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