עֲצָרָה
ʻătsârâh · ats-aw-raw'
an assembly, especially on afestival or holiday
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֲצֶרֶת; from H6113 (עָצָר);
an assembly, especially on afestival or holiday
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (solemn) assembly (meeting).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲצָרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a solemn assembly4 · 36%
- it is a solemn assembly1 · 9%
- ye shall have a solemn assembly1 · 9%
- shall be a solemn assembly1 · 9%
- was a solemn assembly1 · 9%
- even the solemn meeting1 · 9%
- an assembly1 · 9%
- in your solemn assemblies1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.