Word

מִקְרָא

miqrâʼ · H4744 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences

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Meanings

gathering, assembly

Literally: proclamation; hence: event when people are called together for a religious ceremony, usually during a festival

Examples
Exodus 12:16 ‘And on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except for what must be eaten by every person—that alone may be prepared by you.
Leviticus 23:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD’S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:
Leviticus 23:3 ‘For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
summons, convocation

Literally: proclamation; hence: act of calling people together for a religious ceremony

Examples
Numbers 10:2 “Make yourself two trumpets of silver, you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and breaking camp.
public reading

Words of a document that is being read aloud in public

Examples
Nehemiah 8:8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

21 occurrences in 3 groups

קֹדֶשׁholiness 19
עֵדָהcongregation, community 1
הּher 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קָרָאto call, to cry out 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 3 groups

מוֹעֵדmeeting, appointed time, feast 1
שַׁבָּתsabbath, (day of) rest 1
שַׁבָּתוֹן(time of) solemn rest 1

What it doesIt is the subject

10 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 10

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קָרָאto call, to cry out 1

Second object ofSecond object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

קָרָאto call, to cry out 2

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

יוֹםday, time 3

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 2
עַלon, upon, over, against 1
לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Gather002003002013: The word denotes a convocation or assembly, a gathering of the people for a holy occasion, as the holy assemblies proclaimed at Israel's appointed times.
Shout002004001009005: This domain likely reflects the underlying root's sense of calling out or proclaiming, from which "convocation" and "reading aloud" both derive, though this is not directly shown by the sampled citations, which describe the assemblies themselves rather than an act of shouting.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָרָא qârâʼ · H7121 · to cry out, to read, to recite · 733×קָרָא qârâʼ · H7122 · to cry out, to read, to recite · 138×מִקְרָאmiqrâʼ · H4744קְרָא qᵉrâʼ · H7123 · call, cry, read · 11×קֹרֵא qôrêʼ · H7124 · rock partridge, black francolin, sand partridge · 2×קָרִיא qârîyʼ · H7148 · called, chosen · 2×קְרִיאָה qᵉrîyʼâh · H7150 · message · 1×קִרְאָה qirʼâh · H7125 · to cry out, to read, to recite · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4744. miqra מִקְרָא23 noun masculineExo 12:16 convocation; convoking, reading; — ׳מ…

H4744. miqra
מִקְרָא23 noun masculineExo 12:16 convocation; convoking, reading; — ׳מ absolute Isa 1:13; Neh 8:8; cstr Exo 12:16 +; plural construct מִקְרָאֵי Lev 23:2 +; suffix מִקְרָאֶהָ (Ges§ 91k) Isa 4:5; —
1 convocation, sacred assembly Isa 1:13 (after קְרֹא), Isa 4:5; usually explicitly ׳מ קֹדֶשׁ, technical term in P for religious gathering on Sabbath and certain sacred days, Exo 12:16 (twice in verse) + 14 t. Leviticus 23; Num 28:1; Numbers 29, + (plural) Lev 23:2, Lev 23:4, Lev 23:37.
2 (verbal noun, as Aramaic Infinitive, Ges§ 45e, compare 115 d) convoking, ׳מ הָעֵדָה Num 10:2
3 reading Neh 8:8.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Gather22 occurrences Shout1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0