- קהל
- קָהַל(b. h.; cmp. קוֹל) to call. Hif. הִקְהִיל to assemble. Ber.61b; Ab. Zar.18a מַקְהִיל קהילות ברבים called public assemblies (to teach). Gen. R. s. 99 כשיַקְהִיל קרחוכ׳ (some ed. בשיַקְהֵל) when Korah will gather his followers for strife, my (Jacobs) name shall not be joined with them. Yalk. Ex. 408 כדי שילמדו להַקְהִילוכ׳ … that coming generations may learn from thee to assemble congregations every Sabbath; a. e. Nif. נִקְהַל to be assembled. Gen. R. s. 98 בשעה שהן נִקְהָלִין עלוכ׳ when they will be assembled against Moses in the party of Korah Lev. R. s. 24 פרשה … בהִקָּהֵלוכ׳ this section (Lev. 19) was proclaimed in full assembly (v. ib. 2), because Koh. R. to I, 1, v. קֹהֶלֶת. Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵל same. Gen. R. s. 99 (ref. to יקהת, Gen. 49:10) מי … מִתְקָהֲלִין עליו he around whom the nations will group themselves.(Num. R. s. 12 מתקהלא, v. קָהָה.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
