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title: עֲצֶרֶת — assembly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲצֶרֶת (6116), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: assembly. BDB 1906: n.f. assembly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲצֶרֶת

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«עֲצֶרֶת» 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 6116 · **BDB:** עֲצָרָה

### Glosses

an.assembly (8); \[is\].an.assembly (1); assembli\[es\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

assembly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6116/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. assembly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6116/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. assembly (?as confined, held in);—abs. עֲצָרָה Is 1:13 + 2 times; עֲצֶ֫רֶת Dt 16:8 + 3 times, עֲצָ֑רֶת 2 Ch 7:9; cstr. עֲצֶ֫רֶת Je 9:1; pl. sf. עַצְרֹתֵיכֶם Am 5:21;— sacred assembly, rejected by י׳, Is 1:13 and (at Bethel, etc.) Am 5:21; for Baal 2 K 10:20; Dt 16:8 (last day of Maṣṣoth), Lv 23:36 (P), Nu 29:35 (P), Ne 8:18 (all of day after feast of booths), cf. 2 Ch 7:9 \[NH of feast of weeks, 𝔗 עֲצַרְתָּא JosAnt. iii. 10, 6 Ἀσάρτα\]; occasional, Jo 1:14; 2:15. assemblage, company (in gen.), ע׳ בֹּגְדִים Je 9:1 an assemblage of deceivers (Gr עֲדַת; Che חֶבְרַת).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «עֲצֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6116/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.15/)

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תִּקְע֥וּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּצִיּ֑וֹן קַדְּשׁוּ־צ֖וֹם קִרְא֥וּ עֲצָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* give.a.blast.on a.ram's.horn in Zion consecrate a.fast call an.assembly

*JPS 1917:* Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

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[2 Kings 10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.20/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יֵה֗וּא קַדְּשׁ֧וּ עֲצָרָ֛ה לַבַּ֖עַל וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jehu consecrate an.assembly to (the) Baal and they.proclaimed.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.' And they proclaimed it.

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