gathering
part of speech
noun (a gathering, gatherings); verb form (gather, gathers, gathered, gathering)
meaning for a pupil
1) A gathering is a group of people who meet together, often for a special reason. tree →
2) Gathering is collecting things together, like food or information. tree →
3) (formal, rare) A gathered fold in cloth. tree →
4) Gathering your wits means pulling your thoughts together so that you can think clearly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means collecting things, as with the man gathering sticks on the Sabbath, or the "gathering together of the waters" on the third day of creation. Interpretation: The stick-gatherer is read as breaking the law of Sabbath rest, and shows how seriously the Sabbath is taken. In the primary lessons: Family gatherings, church gatherings, history (hunter-gatherers), science (gathering data), weather (gathering clouds = a storm is coming).
examples
- And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. (Torah NUM.15.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. (Torah NUM.15.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good. (Torah GEN.1.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked. (Writings PSA.26.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. (Prophets 2SA.22.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- We have a big family gathering at Christmas. tree →
- The church held a gathering after the service. tree →
- Early people lived by hunting and gathering. tree →
- We are gathering data for our science project. tree →
- Storm clouds were gathering. tree →
- The gathering sang together around the fire. tree →
- Gathering his wits together, he said: tree →
note
«Gathering» is countable as a meeting (a gathering, gatherings). In safety: «gathering point» is where you meet in a fire drill.
In the corpora
- And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.
- And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
- And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.
- Big family gatherings bring together relatives who rarely meet, and they can be fun and stressful at the same time.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «gathering» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.