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# apart

adverb (apart)

«apart» 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

1. Apart means away from each other, with space between. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#m1)
2. Apart means into pieces: «it fell apart». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#m2)
3. «Apart from» means except, not counting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#m3)
4. Apart means separate, alone: «He stood apart». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#m4)
5. Apart can be used with "tell" or "distinguish" to mean to see the difference between things: can you tell the twins apart? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#m5)

### In the lessons

the distance between two things or the time between two events; phrases «take apart», «fall apart», «apart from», «tell apart» (see the difference), «far apart», «worlds apart»

### Examples

- The two towns are 30 miles apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x1)
- Trees are planted 4 meters apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x2)
- Their birthdays are 3 days apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x3)
- The posts stand 2 feet apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x4)
- He took the clock apart to see inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x5)
- The old book fell apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x6)
- Apart from Sam, everyone came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x7)
- I can't tell the twins apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x8)
- Keep the magnets apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x9)
- The cousins live far apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x10)
- We are thirty sisters so exactly alike that our own father can hardly distinguish us apart.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/#x11)

### Note

Gives a gap or a difference. Trap: with things in a row, the number of gaps is one less than the number of things. «Apart from» means except: «apart from 2» takes them out of the count.

## In Jewish tradition

It often means set aside for God, made holy and separate from everyday use. In the Prophets it also means separate, as when each family mourns apart from the others.

**Interpretation.** The word "holy", kadosh, means set apart, and the rabbis see Israel itself as set apart to serve God. The families mourning apart in Zechariah are read as showing deep and personal grief, each household weeping on its own.

### Examples

- And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD; (Torah LEV.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/#x1)
- take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD. (Torah NUM.31.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/#x2)
- And Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart for the LORD, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah NUM.31.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/#x3)
- All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. (Prophets ZEC.12.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/#x4)
- that thou hast slain My children, and delivered them up, in setting them apart unto them? (Prophets EZK.16.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/#x5)
- The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; (Prophets ZEC.12.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/#x6)

### Note

Gives a gap or a difference. Trap: with things in a row, the number of gaps is one less than the number of things. «Apart from» means except: «apart from 2» takes them out of the count.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apart.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «apart» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apart» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/apart.html) on Mova free.