1 appointed time:

a. in General with prefix לְ, at an or the appointed time Genesis 18:14; Exodus 13:10 (J), Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18; Joshua 8:14 (all J E), Genesis 17:21; Genesis 21:2 (P), 1 Samuel 9:24; 1 Samuel 13:8 (after אשׁר insert either אָמַר ᵐ5 ᵑ7 or שָׂם Dr), 1 Samuel 13:11; 2 Kings 4:16,17; Habakkuk 2:3; Daniel 8:19; Daniel 11:27,29,35; דוד ׳למ at he time appointed with David 1 Samuel 20:35 (Thes SS place appointed); with prefix בְּ Hosea 2:11; Leviticus 23:4; Numbers 9:2,3,7,13; Numbers 28:2 (P); with מִן 2 Samuel 20:5; מ׳עַד עֵת 2 Samuel 24:15 unto the time appointed (but dubious, see Dr); with verbs ׳בא מ Psalm 102:14; ׳לקח מ Psalm 75:3; ׳שׂים מ Exodus 9:5 (J); ׳העביר המ Jeremiah 46:17; the stork ׳ידעה מ Jeremiah 8:7 knows her appointed time; צאתך ׳מ Deuteronomy 16:6 time of thy going forth (from Egypt).

b. in particular (compare Exodus 13:10; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18), sacred season, RV usually set feast or appointed season (wider than חַג, which was only a feast celebrated by a pilgrimage), ׳יוֺם (ימי) מ day (s) of appointed season (i.e. festivals) Hosea 9:5; Hosea 12:10; Lamentations 2:7,22; singular indefinite Lamentations 1:4; of the feast of booths Deuteronomy 31:10; "" חג חדשׁ שׁבת Hosea 2:13; "" שׁבת Lamentations 2:6; usually plural יהוה ׳מ Leviticus 23:2,4,37,44 (P), 2 Chron 2:3 Ezra 3:5; with suffixes referring to ׳י Leviticus 23:2 (P); ׳בּמ Numbers 15:3; Numbers 29:39 (P), Ezekiel 36:38; Ezekiel 46:9; קרית ׳מ city of our solemnities (sacred seasons) Isaiah 33:20; טובים ׳למ Zechariah 8:19; "" שׁבתות Ezekiel 44:24; "" חדשׁים Isaiah 1:14; 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2Chronicles 8:13; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:34; "" חנים Ezekiel 46:11; חגים חדשׁים Ezekiel 45:17; "" ראשׁי חָדְשֵׁכֶם Numbers 10:10 (P). —

Notes. It is most probable that in Genesis 1:14 (P), where ׳מ "" אֹתֹת, the reference is to the sacred seasons as fixed by moon's appearance; and so also ׳עשׂה ירח למ he made the moon for sacred seasons Psalm 104:19, although many Lexicons & Commentaries refer these to the seasons of the year. — למועד מועדים וחצי Daniel 12:7 for a set time, times, and a half = 3 2-Janappointed times = half the prophetic week of years, compare Br^{MP 453 f.} — ׳ויאכלו את המ they ate throughout the sacred season (of Maƒƒoth) 2 Chronicles 30:22 AV RV, but Thes SS Be Ke Öttli they ate the offerings of the sacred season; ᵐ5 וַיְכַלּוּ.

2 appointed meeting: לְכָלחַֿי ׳בֵּית מ Job 30:23 house of meeting for every living (of She'ol); ׳קְרִאֵי מ Numbers 16:2 (P) called to the assembly = קְרִאֵי הָעֵדָה; ׳קרא עלי מ Lamentations 1:15 called a festal meeting against me; ׳בקרב מ Psalm 74:4 in the midst of thine assembly; הַר מוֺעֵד Isaiah 14:13 mount of meeting or assembly (of the gods; the mountain of the gods in the extreme north, the oriental Olympus, Persian Alborg, Hindu Meru, Babylon. Aralli, compare Len^{Origines ii, ch. ix}).

3 appointed place:

a. the temple, "" שׂכּוֺ Lamentations 2:6, ׳נוּגֵי ממ afflicted (and driven) from the place of assembly Zephaniah 3:18 (compare Br^{MP 225}).

b. synagogues, כָּלמֿוֺעֲדֵיאֵֿל בָּאָרֶץ all the appointed places of El in the land Psalm 74:8 = בֵּית וַעַד Sota Psalm 9:15.

4 appointed sign, signal, Judges 20:38.

5 אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד tent of meeting (of God with his people: see יָעַד Niph`al

1); the sacred tent of the Exodus (see אֹהֶל 3) Exodus 33:7 (twice in verse); Numbers 12:4; Deuteronomy 31:14 (twice in verse) (E), Numbers 11:16 (J); often in P, as Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:4; Leviticus 1:1,3; Joshua 18:1; Joshua 19:51, etc. (131 t.)>; elsewhere only 1 Samuel 2:22b (omitted by ᵐ5), 1 Kings 8:4 2Chronicles 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 23:32; 2Chronicles 1:3,6,13.