disperse

«disperse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to go away in different directions, or to make a crowd do… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (disperse, disperses, dispersed, dispersing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To disperse is to go away in different directions, or to make a crowd do this. tree →

2) To spread something widely over an area. tree →

3) (science) For light, to split into its colours, as in a prism. tree →

4) For fog, cloud or smoke, to thin out and disappear. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to be scattered among the nations in exile. In the Psalms God gathers "the dispersed of Israel" as He builds up Jerusalem. In Proverbs it is used in a figure of speech: springs "dispersed abroad" are blessings that spread outward, and the lips of the wise "disperse knowledge," spreading it to others. Interpretation: The verses promise that God will gather the exiles even from the farthest places, which is a key hope in Jewish tradition for the return of the exiles. The wise are read as people who share their learning freely. In the primary lessons: In science: seeds are dispersed by wind, water and animals; light is dispersed by a prism into a rainbow. In news: police dispersed a crowd. Phrases: «the crowd dispersed», «seed dispersal», «the fog dispersed».

examples

• If any of thine that are dispersed be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will He fetch thee. (Torah DEU.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The LORD doth build up Jerusalem, He gathereth together the dispersed of Israel; (Writings PSA.147.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets. (Writings PRO.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the foolish is not stedfast. (Writings PRO.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• After the match, the crowd slowly dispersed. tree →
• Dandelion seeds are dispersed by the wind. tree →
• Birds help disperse seeds by eating fruit. tree →
• By noon, the fog had dispersed. tree →
• A prism disperses white light into the colours of the rainbow. tree →
• Police told the gathering to disperse. tree →
• The smell dispersed when we opened the window. tree →
• Immediately they cocked up their tails and dispersed among the thick forests. tree →

note

Noun: «dispersal» (seed dispersal) or «dispersion» (of light). Opposite: gather, congregate. Spelling: disperse, not «disburse» (which means to pay out money).

In the corpora

• And he blew the horn, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent.
• And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
• Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.
• The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the foolish is not stedfast.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disperse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.