gather

«gather» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to come together in one place as a group — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (gather, gathers, gathered, gathering)

meaning for a pupil

1) To gather is to come together in one place as a group. tree →

2) To gather things is to collect them from different places. tree →

3) To gather can mean to understand from what you heard: «I gather you are new.» tree →

4) To gather speed or strength is to slowly get more of it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean to collect food like manna or straw, or to bring people together, including being "gathered to one's people" at death. Interpretation: Tradition notes Israel gathered only what it needed of the manna each day, teaching trust in God. In the primary lessons: In school life pupils gather on the carpet or in the hall. In history and science early people gathered nuts and berries (hunter-gatherers); bees gather nectar; squirrels gather nuts for winter. In stories clouds gather before a storm and a crowd gathers. Phrases: gather round, gather together, gather up, gather information, gather speed.

examples

• Let them go and gather straw for themselves. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. (Torah EXO.8.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. (Torah EXO.16.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation; (Prophets ZEP.2.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. (Prophets 1SA.13.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Gather round and listen to the story. tree →
• We gathered shells on the beach. tree →
• Squirrels gather nuts for the winter. tree →
• A crowd gathered to watch the parade. tree →
• Dark clouds gathered in the sky. tree →
• The train gathered speed. tree →
• Gather up your things, it's time to go. tree →
• Scientists gather data in experiments. tree →
• The Queen gathered together the lilies. tree →

note

Regular verb (gathered). Noun: gathering (a meeting of people). «Hunter-gatherers» hunted animals and collected wild plants instead of farming. In science, «gather data» means collect results.

In the corpora

• And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
• And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and they took stones, and made a heap.
• And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
• Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
• So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Trees and pragmatics

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