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# appoint

«appoint» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to choose them officially for a job or role** — 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 (appoint, appoints, appointed, appointing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To appoint someone is to choose them officially for a job or role. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#m1)

2) (formal) To appoint a time or place is to decide it: at the appointed time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to choose or set someone for a task, or to fix a thing, such as wages or cities. Interpretation: Appointing Aaron and his sons as priests, and appointing cities of refuge, are read as setting up holy order and justice in Israel. In the primary lessons: Used for jobs in school (appoint a new head teacher, class captain) and government; noun appointment (a job given, or a time to see the doctor or dentist).

### examples

- And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.' (Torah GEN.30.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x1)
- then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x2)
- And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.' (Torah NUM.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x3)
- Appoint mercy and truth, that they may preserve him. (Writings PSA.61.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x4)
- I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth. (Writings PSA.89.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x5)
- For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment. (Writings JOB.34.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x6)
- The school appointed a new head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x7)
- Mrs Lee appointed Zoe as team captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x8)
- We met at the appointed time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x9)
- The council appointed a new mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x10)
- She was appointed to look after the class pet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x11)
- Who appoints the judges? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x12)
- They agreed to appoint Momus as judge, and to abide by his decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/#x13)

### note

Noun: appointment, which also means a booked meeting (a dentist appointment). Opposite feeling: disappointed (not about appointing!). Double p.

### In the corpora

- [And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.916/)
- [And he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1252/)
- [And the LORD appointed a set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.239/)
- [These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.668/)
- [And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.708/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appoint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appoint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.