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# gather

«gather» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to come together in one place as a group** — 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 (gather, gathers, gathered, gathering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To gather is to come together in one place as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#m1)

2) To gather things is to collect them from different places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#m2)

3) To gather can mean to understand from what you heard: «I gather you are new.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#m3)

4) To gather speed or strength is to slowly get more of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean to collect food like manna or straw, or to bring people together, including being "gathered to one's people" at death. Interpretation: Tradition notes Israel gathered only what it needed of the manna each day, teaching trust in God. In the primary lessons: In school life pupils gather on the carpet or in the hall. In history and science early people gathered nuts and berries (hunter-gatherers); bees gather nectar; squirrels gather nuts for winter. In stories clouds gather before a storm and a crowd gathers. Phrases: gather round, gather together, gather up, gather information, gather speed.

### examples

- Let them go and gather straw for themselves. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x1)
- And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. (Torah EXO.8.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x2)
- And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. (Torah EXO.16.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x3)
- Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x4)
- Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation; (Prophets ZEP.2.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x5)
- And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. (Prophets 1SA.13.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x6)
- Gather round and listen to the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x7)
- We gathered shells on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x8)
- Squirrels gather nuts for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x9)
- A crowd gathered to watch the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x10)
- Dark clouds gathered in the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x11)
- The train gathered speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x12)
- Gather up your things, it's time to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x13)
- Scientists gather data in experiments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x14)
- The Queen gathered together the lilies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gather/#x15)

### note

Regular verb (gathered). Noun: gathering (a meeting of people). «Hunter-gatherers» hunted animals and collected wild plants instead of farming. In science, «gather data» means collect results.

### In the corpora

- [And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.873/)
- [And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and they took stones, and made a heap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.988/)
- [And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.111/)
- [Let them go and gather straw for themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.123/)
- [So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.128/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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