assemble
part of speech
verb (assemble, assembles, assembled, assembling)
meaning for a pupil
1) To assemble is to come together in one place as a group. tree →
2) To assemble something is to put its parts together to build it. tree →
3) To assemble things can mean to collect them together. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it often means to call or gather the people together, as "assemble all the congregation" at the tent of meeting, or to gather as a community. Interpretation: The gathering of the whole people is a repeated moment in the Torah, for instance at Sinai. Tradition sees such assemblies as times of shared purpose, law and covenant. In the primary lessons: In school pupils assemble in the hall for assembly or on the field during a fire drill. In design and technology they assemble a model from parts. Furniture often comes flat-packed for you to assemble. Phrases: assemble in the hall, easy to assemble, the assembly point.
examples
- Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. (Torah GEN.49.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.' (Torah LEV.8.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. (Torah NUM.20.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together. (Writings PSA.48.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. (Prophets JDG.10.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? (Prophets ISA.48.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Please assemble in the hall at nine o'clock. tree →
- During a fire drill we assemble on the playground. tree →
- Dad spent hours assembling the new bookcase. tree →
- We assembled a robot from a kit. tree →
- The team assembled before the match. tree →
- She assembled all her notes for the project. tree →
- The instructions show how to assemble the toy. tree →
- He assembled his fleet and all the seamen, and set out. tree →
note
Regular verb. Noun: assembly (a school gathering or the act of putting things together); the «assembly point» is the safe place to meet in an emergency. Opposite of the building sense: take apart, dismantle.
In the corpora
- Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
- and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.'
- And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.
- And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
- And there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «assemble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.