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מוֺעֵד‎₂₂₃ noun masculine^{Psalm 102:14} appointed time, place, meeting; ׳מ‎ Exodus 9:5 183t.; מֹעֵד‎ Deuteronomy 31:10; מוֺעֲדוֺ‎ Numbers 9:2 2t.; מֹעֲדוֺ‎ Lamentations 2:6 3t. + 5 t. suffixes; plural מוֺעֲדִים‎ Daniel 12:7 6t.; מֹעֲדִים‎ Zechariah 8:19; 1 Chronicles 23:31; מוֺעֲדוֺת‎2 Chronicles 8:13; construct מֹועֲדֵי‎ Leviticus 23:2 6t.; מֹעֲדֵי‎ 23:44; suffixes מוֺעֲדַי‎ Ezekiel 44:24; מֹעֲדֵיכֶם‎ Numbers 15:3 6t. suffixes; —

1 appointed time:

a. in General with prefix לְ‎, at an or the appointed time Genesis 18:14; Exodus 13:10 (J), 23:15; 34:18; Joshua 8:14 (all J E), Genesis 17:21; 21:2 (P), 1 Samuel 9:24; 13:8 (after אשׁר‎ insert either ᵑ7 ᵐ5 אָמַר‎ or שָׂם‎ Dr), 13:11; 2 Kings 4:16-17, Habakkuk 2:3; Daniel 8:19; 11:27, 29, 35; ׳למ דוד‎ at he time appointed with David 1 Samuel 20:35 (Thes SS place appointed); with prefix בְּ‎ Hosea 2:11; Leviticus 23:4; Numbers 9:2-3, 7, 13; 28:2 (P); with מִן‎ 2 Samuel 20:5; עֵת מ׳עַד‎ 24:15 unto the time appointed (but dubious, see Dr); with verbs מ ׳בא‎ Psalm 102:14; מ ׳לקח‎ 75:3; מ ׳שׂים‎ Exodus 9:5 (J); המ ׳העביר‎ Jeremiah 46:17; the stork מ ׳ידעה‎ 8:7 knows her appointed time; ׳מ צאתך‎ Deuteronomy 16:6 time of thy going forth (from Egypt).

b. in particular (compare Exodus 13:10; 23:15; 34:18), sacred season, RV usually set feast or appointed season (wider than חַג‎, which was only a feast celebrated by a pilgrimage), מ (ימי) ׳יוֺם‎ day (s) of appointed season (i.e. festivals) Hosea 9:5; 12:10; Lamentations 2:7, 22; singular indefinite 1:4; of the feast of booths Deuteronomy 31:10; "" שׁבת חדשׁ חג‎ Hosea 2:13; "" שׁבת‎ Lamentations 2:6; usually plural ׳מ יהוה‎ Leviticus 23:2, 4, 37, 44 (P), 2 Chronicles 2:3 Ezra 3:5; with suffixes referring to ׳י‎ Leviticus 23:2 (P); ׳בּמ‎ Numbers 15:3; 29:39 (P), Ezekiel 36:38; 46:9; ׳מ קרית‎ city of our solemnities (sacred seasons) Isaiah 33:20; ׳למ טובים‎ Zechariah 8:19; "" שׁבתות‎ Ezekiel 44:24; "" חדשׁים‎ Isaiah 1:14; 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 8:13; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:34; "" חנים‎ Ezekiel 46:11; חדשׁים חגים‎ 45:17; "" חָדְשֵׁכֶם ראשׁי‎ Numbers 10:10 (P). —

Notes. It is most probable that in Genesis 1:14 (P), where ׳מ‎ "" אֹתֹת‎, the reference is to the sacred seasons as fixed by moon's appearance; and so also למ ירח ׳עשׂה‎ he made the moon for sacred seasons Psalm 104:19, although many Lexicons & Commentaries refer these to the seasons of the year. — וחצי מועדים למועד‎ Daniel 12:7 for a set time, times, and a half = 3 2-Janappointed times = half the prophetic week of years, compare Br^{MP 453 f.} — המ את ׳ויאכלו‎ they ate throughout the sacred season (of Maƒƒoth) 2 Chronicles 30:22 AV RV, but Thes SS Be Ke Öttli they ate the offerings of the sacred season; וַיְכַלּוּ ᵐ5‎.

2 appointed meeting: מ ׳בֵּית לְכָלחַֿי‎ Job 30:23 house of meeting for every living (of She'ol); מ ׳קְרִאֵי‎ Numbers 16:2 (P) called to the assembly = הָעֵדָה קְרִאֵי‎; מ עלי ׳קרא‎ Lamentations 1:15 called a festal meeting against me; מ ׳בקרב‎ Psalm 74:4 in the midst of thine assembly; מוֺעֵד הַר‎ Isaiah 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 Len^{Origines ii, ch. ix}).

3 appointed place:

a. the temple, "" שׂכּוֺ‎ Lamentations 2:6, ממ ׳נוּגֵי‎ afflicted (and driven) from the place of assembly Zephaniah 3:18 (compare Br^{MP 225}).

b. synagogues, בָּאָרֶץ כָּלמֿוֺעֲדֵיאֵֿל‎ all the appointed places of El in the land Psalm 74:8 = וַעַד בֵּית‎ Sota 9:15.

4 appointed sign, signal, Judges 20:38.

5 מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל‎ tent of meeting (of God with his people: see יָעַד‎ Niph`al

1); the sacred tent of the Exodus (see אֹהֶל‎ 3) Exodus 33:7 (twice in verse); Numbers 12:4; Deuteronomy 31:14 (twice in verse) (E), Numbers 11:16 (J); often in P, as Exodus 27:21; 29:4; Leviticus 1:1, 3; Joshua 18:1; 19:51, etc. (131 t.)>; elsewhere only 1 Samuel 2:22b (omitted by ᵐ5‎), 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 9:21; 23:32; 2 Chronicles 1:3, 6, 13.