appoint
part of speech
verb (appoint, appoints, appointed, appointing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To appoint someone is to choose them officially for a job or role. tree →
2) (formal) To appoint a time or place is to decide it: at the appointed time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to choose or set someone for a task, or to fix a thing, such as wages or cities. Interpretation: Appointing Aaron and his sons as priests, and appointing cities of refuge, are read as setting up holy order and justice in Israel. In the primary lessons: Used for jobs in school (appoint a new head teacher, class captain) and government; noun appointment (a job given, or a time to see the doctor or dentist).
examples
- And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.' (Torah GEN.30.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.' (Torah NUM.3.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Appoint mercy and truth, that they may preserve him. (Writings PSA.61.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth. (Writings PSA.89.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment. (Writings JOB.34.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- The school appointed a new head teacher. tree →
- Mrs Lee appointed Zoe as team captain. tree →
- We met at the appointed time. tree →
- The council appointed a new mayor. tree →
- She was appointed to look after the class pet. tree →
- Who appoints the judges? tree →
- They agreed to appoint Momus as judge, and to abide by his decision. tree →
note
Noun: appointment, which also means a booked meeting (a dentist appointment). Opposite feeling: disappointed (not about appointing!). Double p.
In the corpora
- And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'
- And he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- And the LORD appointed a set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.'
- These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.
- And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the LORD.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «appoint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.