Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָהָל123 noun masculineEzekiel 38:15 assembly, convocation, congregation; — absolute
׳ק Jeremiah 31:8 +; construct
קְהַל Exodus 12:6 +; suffix
קְהָלָ֑ךָ Ezekiel 38:13, etc.; plural suffix
קְהָלֶיךָ Ezekiel 38:7; —
1 assembly specially convoked:
a. for evil counsel, "" סוד Genesis 49:6 (poem); מרעים ׳ק Psalm 26:5; for civil affairs Proverbs 5:14 (see Toy), Proverbs 26:26; Job 30:28 (Di publice).
b. for war or invasion, Numbers 22:4 (E), Judges 20:2; Judges 21:5,8; 1 Samuel 17:47; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 38:7 (plural only here), + 8 t. Ezekiel; גדול ׳ק ("" חיל רב) Ezekiel 38:15; רב ׳ק ("" חיל גדול) Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 38:4; גוים ׳ק Jeremiah 50:9; עמים ׳ק Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 32:3.
c. company of returning exiles, Jeremiah 31:8; Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66.
d. for religious purposes, to hear words of ׳י at Horeb Deuteronomy 5:19, ׳ביום הק Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 10:4 (gloss, not in ᵐ5), Deuteronomy 18:16; word of Jeremiah Jeremiah 26:17; Jeremiah 44:15; for feasts, fasts and worship 2Chronicles 20:5; 30:25 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 5:13; Joel 2:16; Psalm 107:32; רב ׳ק Psalm 22:26 4t.; לרב מְאֹד ׳וַיֵּאָֽסְפו ק֗֗֗2Chronicles 30:13; גדול ׳ק 1 Kings 8:65 2Chronicles 7:8; ׳בתוך (ה)ק2Chronicles 20:14; Psalm 22:23.
2 congregation, as organized body:
a. of Israel: יהוה ׳ק Micah 2:5; Numbers 16:3; Numbers 20:4 (P), 1 Chronicles 28:8; (׳י) ׳באבק Deuteronomy 23:2; Deuteronomy 23:3 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 23:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 23:9; Nehemiah 13:1; Lamentations 1:10; ישׂראל ׳כל ק Deuteronomy 31:30; Joshua 8:35 (D)Leviticus 16:17 (P) 1 Kings 8:14 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 8:22,55 2Chronicles 6:3 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 6:12,13, 1 Kings 12:3; 1 Chronicles 13:2; עדת ישׂראל ׳כל ק Exodus 12:6 (ᵐ5 reads בני before ׳יִשׂ), Numbers 14:5 (P; ᵐ5 συναγωγή; ᵑ0 probably conflation); ׳כל עם הק Leviticus 16:33; ׳כל הק Exodus 16:3 (P) 1 Chronicles 13:4 12t. Chronicles; ׳הק Leviticus 4:13,14,21 8t. Numbers (P) 8 t. 2 Chronicles
b. restored community in Jerusalem Ezra 10:12,14; Nehemiah 8:2,17; הֵגּוֺלָה ׳ק Ezra 10:8; later the better part of it, חסידים ׳ק Psalm 149:1.
c. of angels, קדשׁים ׳ק Psalm 89:6.
d. more General: company, assembled multitude, גוים ׳ק Genesis 35:11 (P), עמים ׳ק Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:4 (P), רפאים ׳ק Proverbs 21:16.
