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מוֺעֵד223 noun masculine Ps 102:14 appointed time, place, meeting; ׳ מ Exod 9:5 + 183 t.; מֹעֵד Deut 31:10 מוֺעֲדוֺ Num 9:2 + 2 t.; מֹעֲדוֺ Lam 2:6 + 3 t. + 5 t. suffixes; plural מוֺעֲדִים Dan 12:7 + 6 t.; מֹעֲדִים Zech 8:19; 1Chr 23:31 מוֺעֲדוֺת 2Chr 8:13 construct מֹועֲדֵי Lev 23:2 + 6 t.; מֹעֲדֵי Lev 23:44 suffixes מוֺעֲדַי Ezek 44:24 מֹעֲדֵיכֶם Num 15:3 + 6 t. suffixes; —
1.
appointed time:
a. in general with prefix לְ, at an or
the appointed time
Gen 18:14;
Exod 13:10
(
J
), Exod
23:15;
Exod 34:18; Josh 8:14 (all
J
E
), Gen
17:21; Gen
21:2 (
P
), 1Sam 9:24
; 1Sam 13:8
(after אשׁר insert either אָמַר
ᵐ5
ᵑ7
or שָׂם
Dr), 1Sam 13:11; 2Kgs 4:16; 2Kgs 4:17; Hab 2:3; Dan 8:19; Dan 11:27; Dan 11:29; Dan 11:35
דוד
׳
למ
at he time appointed with David 1Sam 20:35 (Thes
SS
place appointed); with prefix בְּ
Hos 2:11; Lev 23:4; Num 9:2; Num 9:3; Num 9:7; Num 9:13; Num 28:2 (
P
); with מִן
2Sam 20:5
מ
׳
עַד עֵת
2Sam 24:15
unto the time appointed (but dubious, see Dr);
with verbs ׳
בא מ
Ps 102:14
׳
לקח מ
Ps 75:3
׳
שׂים מ
Exod 9:5 (
J
); ׳
העביר המ
Jer 46:17
the stork ׳
ידעה מ
Jer 8:7
knows her appointed time; צאתך
׳
מ
Deut 16:6
time of thy going forth (from Egypt).
b. in particular (compare Exod 13:10;
Exod 23:15;
Exod 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) Hos 9:5; Hos 12:10; Lam 2:7; Lam 2:22 singular indefinite
Lam 1:4 of the
feast of booths
Deut 31:10 || חג חדשׁ שׁבת
Hos 2:13 ||
שׁבת
Lam 2:6 usually
plural יהוה
׳
מ
Lev 23:2; Lev 23:4; Lev 23:37;
Lev 23:44 (
P
), 2Chr 2:3
; Ezra 3:5
with suffixes referring to ׳
י
Lev 23:2 (
P
); ׳
בּמ
Num 15:3; Num 29:39 (
P
),
Ezek 36:38; Ezek 46:9
קרית
׳
מ
city of our solemnities (sacred seasons) Isa 33:20
טובים
׳
למ
Zech 8:19 ||
שׁבתות
Ezek 44:24
|| חדשׁים
Isa 1:14; 1Chr 23:31
; 2Chr 8:13;
2Chr 31:3;
Neh 10:34
|| חנים
Ezek 46:11
חגים חדשׁים
Ezek 45:17
|| ראשׁי חָדְשֵׁכֶם
Num 10:10 (
P
). —
Notes. It is most probable that in Gen 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
Ps 104:19
,
although many Lexicons & Commentaries refer these to the seasons of the year. —
למועד
מועדים וחצי
Dan 12:7
for a set time, times, and a half = 3 1/2 appointed times = half the prophetic week of
years,
compare BrMP 453 f. — ׳
ויאכלו את המ they ate throughout the sacred season (of
Maƒƒoth) 2Chr 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
Num 16:2 (
P
) called to the assembly = קְרִאֵי
הָעֵדָה; ׳
קרא עלי מ
Lam 1:15
called a festal meeting against me; ׳
בקרב מ
Ps 74:4
in the midst of thine assembly; הַר מוֺעֵד
Isa 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 LenOrigines ii, ch. ix).
3.
appointed place:
a. the temple, || שׂכּוֺ
Lam 2:6, ׳
נוּגֵי ממ
afflicted (and driven) from the place of assembly
Zeph 3:18
(compare BrMP 225).
b. synagogues,
כָּלמֿוֺעֲדֵיאֵֿל בָּאָרֶץ
all
the appointed places of El in the land
Ps 74:8 =
בֵּית וַעַד
Sota
Ps 9:15.
4.
appointed sign, signal, Judg 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) Exod
33:7 (twice in verse); Num 12:4; Deut 31:14 (twice in verse) (
E
), Num 11:16
(
J
); often in
P
, as Exod
27:21; Exod
29:4; Lev 1:1;
Lev 1:3; Josh 18:1; Josh 19:51, etc.
(131 t.)>; elsewhere only 1Sam 2:22b (omitted by
ᵐ5
), 1Kgs 8:4
= 2Chr 5:5; 1Chr 6:17; 1Chr 9:21; 1Chr 23:32;
1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 2:6; 1Chr 2:13.