separate
part of speech
adjective (separate — pronounced SEP-rut); verb (separate, separates, separated, separating — pronounced SEP-a-rate)
meaning for a pupil
1) As an adjective, not joined or together; apart or different: two separate rooms, separate piles. tree →
2) As a verb, to move things or people apart, or to divide a mixture into its parts. tree →
3) To stop living together, as when parents separate. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To "separate" often means to set apart for a holy purpose, as with the Levites for God's service. In Ezekiel "the separate place" is a named open area beside the Temple building. Interpretation: The Levites were set apart to serve in the sanctuary. The idea of separation, or being holy, runs through Jewish law and the Havdalah prayer. Ezekiel's separate place is read as keeping holy ground apart from ordinary use. In the primary lessons: In science, we separate mixtures: a sieve separates big bits from small ones, filtering separates sand from water, a magnet separates iron from other things, and evaporation separates salt from water. In maths, separate things into groups to divide or sort them. In everyday life, recycling means separating paper, plastic and glass; in the kitchen, keep raw meat separate from other food for safety. In families, when parents separate it is never the child's fault. Phrases: "separate from", "keep separate", "separate into", "go their separate ways", "separate the eggs".
examples
- Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.' (Torah DEU.19.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' (Torah NUM.16.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine. (Torah NUM.8.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- also the breadth of the face of the house and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits. (Prophets EZK.41.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers, (Prophets EZK.42.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long; (Prophets EZK.41.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Separate the red counters from the blue ones. tree →
- Use a filter to separate the sand from the water. tree →
- My sister and I have separate bedrooms. tree →
- Keep raw chicken separate from salad. tree →
- A magnet can separate iron filings from sand. tree →
- We separate our rubbish for recycling. tree →
- The teacher separated the two boys who were chatting. tree →
- Write each answer on a separate line. tree →
- Then Rasalu said, "Separate the millet seed from the sand." tree →
note
Spelling trap: separate has "a rat" in it — sep-A-RAT-e, not "seperate". The adjective and verb are spelled the same but said differently. Noun: separation. In maths, "separate 20 sweets into 4 equal groups" means divide: 20 ÷ 4 = 5.
In the corpora
- Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine.
- 'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.'
- Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
- thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy GOD giveth thee to possess it.
- Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «separate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.