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# erect

«erect» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to build it or put it up, like a tent, a fence or a statue** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (erect, erects, erected, erecting); adjective (erect)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To erect something is to build it or put it up, like a tent, a fence or a statue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#m1)

2) (formal) Erect means standing straight up, upright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal texts, signs and history: "A statue was erected in the square". In stories and science: an erect posture, erect ears on a dog. Everyday words: put up, build, upright. Phrases: erect a tent, erect a monument, stand erect.

### examples

- And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Torah GEN.33.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x1)
- Workers erected a new fence around the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x2)
- We erected our tent before dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x3)
- A statue was erected in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x4)
- The soldier stood erect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x5)
- The dog's ears were erect when it heard a noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x6)
- The council will erect a sign near the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x7)
- Hold your back erect when you sit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x8)
- The scaffolding was erected in one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x9)
- A monument was also erected over his grave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erect/#x10)

### note

Formal. Regular verb: erected. Noun: erection (building something; in body words it has an adult meaning, so "putting up" is often a safer choice). Opposite: dismantle, take down.

### In the corpora

- [And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1054/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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