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# קָהַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6950

**assemble as an assembly** — used 39 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

assemble as an assembly [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6950/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָהַל: vb.denom. Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6950/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. (Gerber 107 f.) assemble as a קָהָל;— Pf. 3 mpl. נִקְהֲלוּ Est 9:2 + 3 times; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקָּהֵל Ex 32:1; Je 26:9; 3 mpl. וַיִּקָּֽהֲלוּ 2 S 20:14 Qr (Kt ויקלהו, cf. HPS), etc.; Inf. cstr. הִקָּהֵל Nu 17:7; Est 8:11; Pt. pl. נִקְהָלִים Ez 38:7;—assemble as a קָהָל: for conflict or war 2 S 20:14 (Qr; v. supr.), Est 8:11; 9:2, 15, 16, 18; c. עַל pers. Ez 38:7, acc. loc. Jos 22:12 Ju 20:1. rebellion, c. עַל pers. Nu 16:3; 17:7; 20:2 (P), poss. also Ex 32:1 (J; most, unto Aaron). for religious purpose: to erect tent of meeting, acc. loc. Jos 18:1 (P); hear word of י׳, c. אֶל loc. Lv 8:4 (P), ב loc. + אֶל pers. Je 26:9; for festival, אֶל pers. 1 K 8:2 = 2 Ch 5:3; לְ loc. 2 Ch 20:26. Pf. 2 ms. הִקְהַלְתָּ Ez 38:13, וְהִקְהַלְתָּ֫ Nu 8:9; 3 mpl. הִקְהִילוּ 1:18; Impf. 3 ms. יַקְהִיל Jb 11:10; אָז יַקְהֵל 1 K 8:1 = יַקְהֵיל 2 Ch 5:2; וַיַּקְהֵל Ex 35:1 + (Qal Impf. in i according to BaNB p. 147); pl. וַיַּקְהִלוּ Nu 20:10; Imv. ms. הַקְהֵל Lv 8:3 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַקְהִיל Nu 10:7;—summon an assembly: for judgment Jb 11:10. for war 1 K 12:21 = 2 Ch 11:1; Ez 38:13. for religious purposes: c. acc. אֶת־הַקָּהָל Nu 10:7, + אֶל loc. 20:10, c. acc. (כָּל־)הָעֵדָה Ex 35:1; Nu 1:18; 8:9; 20:8 (P), + אל loc. Lv 8:3 Nu 16:19 (P); c. acc. הָעָם Dt 4:10; 31:12; כָּל־ישׂראל 1 Ch 13:5; 15:3; elders of tribes Dt 31:28; of Isr. 1 K 8:1 = 2 Ch 5:2; princes of Isr. 1 Ch 28:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they assembled (12); he assembled (8); assemble (6).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 8:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.3/#tree)

וְאֵ֥ת כָּל־הָעֵדָ֖ה הַקְהֵ֑ל אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all the congregation assemble to the.entrance of.the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.'

[Numbers 10:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.7/#tree)

וּבְהַקְהִ֖יל אֶת־הַקָּהָ֑ל תִּתְקְע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תָרִֽיעוּ׃

*Word for word:* and when summon (et) the assembly you.will.give.a.blast and not you.will.give.an.alarm

*JPS 1917:* But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6950.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6950/): 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).