assemble

verb (assemble, assembles, assembled, assembling)

«assemble» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To assemble is to come together in one place as a group. tree →
To assemble something is to put its parts together to build it. tree →
To assemble things can mean to collect them together. tree →

In the 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

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 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.

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 →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «assemble» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«assemble» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «assemble» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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