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# מִקְרָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4744

**convocation** — used 23 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

convocation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4744/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִקְרָא²: n.m. convocation, convoking, reading [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4744/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 12:16 convocation, convoking, reading;—מ׳ abs. Is 1:13; Ne 8:8; cstr. Ex 12:16 +; pl. cstr. מִקְרָאֵי Lv 23:2 +; sf. מִקְרָאֶהָ (Ges§ 91 k) Is 4:5;— convocation, sacred assembly Is 1:13 (after קְרֹא), 4:5; usually explicitly מ׳ קֹדֶשׁ, term. techn. in P for religious gathering on Sabbath and certain sacred days, Ex 12:16(×2) + 14 times Lv 23; Nu 28, 29, + (pl.) Lv 23:2, 4, 37. (n. verbi, as Aramaic Inf., Ges§ 45 e, cf. 115d) convoking, מ׳ הָעֵדָה Nu 10:2. reading Ne 8:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a convocation (16); convocations (4); of convocation\[s\] (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 23:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.4/#tree)

אֵ֚לֶּה מוֹעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה מִקְרָאֵ֖י קֹ֑דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תִּקְרְא֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם בְּמוֹעֲדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* these \[are\].the.appointed.feasts of.Yahweh convocations of.holiness which you.will.proclaim them at their.appointed time

*JPS 1917:* These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

[Leviticus 23:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.35/#tree)

בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן מִקְרָא־קֹ֑דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].on the day (the) first a.convocation of.holiness any work of.servitude not you.will.do

*JPS 1917:* On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4744/): 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).