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title: קְהִלָּה — assembly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְהִלָּה (6952), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: assembly. BDB 1906: n.f. assembly, congregation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְהִלָּה

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«קְהִלָּה» 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:** 6952 · **BDB:** קְהִלָּה

### Glosses

an.assembly (1); the.assembly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

assembly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6952/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. assembly, congregation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6952/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. assembly, congregation;—abs. ק׳ Ne 5:7; cstr. קְהִלַּת Dt 33:4 (poem).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «קְהִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6952/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 33:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.4/)

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תּוֹרָ֥ה צִוָּה־לָ֖נוּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה קְהִלַּ֥ת יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* a.law he.commanded to us Moses a.possession the.assembly of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

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[Nehemiah 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.7/)

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וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ לִבִּ֜י עָלַ֗י וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ אֶת־הַחֹרִ֣ים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם מַשָּׁ֥אאִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֖יו אַתֶּ֣ם נשאיםוָאֶתֵּ֥ן עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְהִלָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.considered heart my with me and I contended with the nobles and with the officials and I said to them usury each on brother his you \[are\].lending and I.made on them an.assembly great

*JPS 1917:* Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Ye lend upon pledge, every one to his brother.' And I held a great assembly against them.

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