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title: מַקְהֵל — assembly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַקְהֵל (4721), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: assembly. BDB 1906: assembly choirs. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַקְהֵל

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«מַקְהֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **assembly** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4721 · **BDB:** מַקְהֵל²

### Glosses

assemblies (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַקְהֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4721/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.'

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

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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.

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