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title: מִקְרָא — convocation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְרָא (4744), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: convocation. BDB 1906: n.m. convocation, convoking, reading. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְרָא

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«מִקְרָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **convocation** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 4744 · **BDB:** מִקְרָא²

### Glosses

a.convocation (16); convocations (4); of.convocation\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4744/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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