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# מַקְהֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4721

**assembly** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

assembly [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4721/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַקְהֵל²: assembly choirs [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4721/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] assembly, for worship, pl.: poss. choirs, מַקְהֵלִים ψ 26:12, מַקְהֵלוֹת 68:27.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: assemblies (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 68:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.27/#tree)

בְּֽ֭מַקְהֵלוֹת בָּרְכ֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִמְּק֥וֹר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* in assemblies bless God Yahweh from the.fountain of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* 'Bless ye God in full assemblies, even the Lord, ye that are from the fountain of Israel.'

[Psalms 26:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.26.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.26.12/#tree)

רַ֭גְלִי עָֽמְדָ֣ה בְמִישׁ֑וֹר בְּ֝מַקְהֵלִ֗ים אֲבָרֵ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* foot my it.has.stood on level.ground in assemblies I.will.bless Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4721/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).