Lexical Definition

‎מִקְרָא‎ miqrâʼ (mik-raw') assembly ^H:N-M
from ‎קָרָא‎

assembly, calling, convocation, reading.

• something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place)
• also a rehearsal

1) convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together
1a) convocation, sacred assembly
1b) convoking
1c) reading

See Greek: ἀνάγνωσις · κλητός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִקְרָא‎₂₃ noun masculine^{Exod 12:16} convocation; convoking, reading; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Isa 1:13; Neh 8:8 cstr Exod 12:16 +; plural construct ‎מִקְרָאֵי‎ Lev 23:2 +; suffix ‎מִקְרָאֶהָ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:91k»§ 91k}) Isa 4:5 —

1. convocation, sacred assembly Isa 1:13 (after ‎קְרֹא‎), Isa 4:5 usually explicitly ‎קֹדֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎, technical term in P for religious gathering on Sabbath and certain sacred days, Exod 12:16 (twice in verse) + 14 t. Lev 23; Num 28:1; Num 29, + (plural) Lev 23:2; Lev 23:4; Lev 23:37.

2. (verbal noun, as Aramaic Infinitive, Ges^{«GKC:45e»§ 45e}, compare 115 d) convoking, ‎הָעֵדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Num 10:2

3. reading Neh 8:8.

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