עֵדָה

1. עֲדַתאֵֿל Sl 82,1 congregation of El, of company of angels ׅ || (בקרב אלהים; לְאֻמִּים ׳ע Sl 7,8 congregation of peoples; צַדִּיקִים ׳ע Sl 1,5 congregation of the righteous; || סוֺד יְשָׁרִים Sl 111,1 || קהל Ord 5,14 כָּלעֲֿדָתִי Job 16,7 (of Job's circle of dependents); in a bad sense, מְרֵעִים ׳ע company of evil doers Sl 22,17 עריצים ׳ע Sl 86,14 חנף ׳ע Job 15,34 קֹרַח ׳ע company of Korah 4 Mos 26,9; 4 Mos 27,3 (P), so עֲדָתוֺ, עֲדָֽתְךָ 4 Mos 16,5; 4 Mos 16,6; 4 Mos 16,11; 4 Mos 16,16; 4 Mos 17,5 (P), and הָעֵדָה 4 Mos 26,10; 4 Mos 27,3 (P); אֲבִירָם ׳ע Sl 106,17, compare vSl 106,18.

2. of animals ׳ע אַבִּירִים Sl 68,31 (figurative of nobles); דְּבֹרִים ׳ע Dom 14,8 a swarm of bees.

3. elsewhere of Israel Hos 7,12 עֲדָתָם i.e. the whole assemblage of them; 1 Kong 8,5 (= 2 Kron 5,6) ׳כל עדת ישׂ of those gathered to Solomon; 2 Kron 12,20 העדה of assembly at Shechem; Jer 6,18 (text very dubious); עֲדָתוֺ Jer 30,20 of restored people; עֲדָֽתְךָ Sl 74,2 (|| שׁבט נחלתך); elsewhere in P, except possibly 4 Mos 20,11 (R), in technical sense, of the company of Israel of the Exodus, the congregation (115 t.), especially in the phrases יהוה ׳ע 4 Mos 27,17; 4 Mos 31,16; Jos 22,16; Jos 22,17 ישׂראל ׳ע 2 Mos 12,3; 2 Mos 12,6; 2 Mos 12,19; 2 Mos 12,47; 3 Mos 4,13; 4 Mos 16,9; 4 Mos 32,4; Jos 22,18; Jos 22,20 בני ישׂראל ׳ע 2 Mos 16,1; 2 Mos 16,2; 2 Mos 16,9; 2 Mos 16,10; 2 Mos 17,1; 2 Mos 35,1; 2 Mos 35,4; 2 Mos 35,20; 3 Mos 16,5; 3 Mos 19,2 (H), 4 Mos 1,2; 4 Mos 1,53; 4 Mos 8,9; 4 Mos 8,20; 4 Mos 13,26; 4 Mos 14,5; 4 Mos 14,7; 4 Mos 15,25; 4 Mos 15,26; 4 Mos 17,6; 4 Mos 19,9; 4 Mos 25,6; 4 Mos 27,20; 4 Mos 31,12; 4 Mos 22,12 הָעֵדָה 3 Mos 8,4 + 29 t. (compare Dom 20,1; Dom 21,10); ׳כלהֿע 3 Mos 8,3 + 33 t. (compare Dom 21,13); ׳נְשִׂיאֵי (ה)ע princes of the congregation 2 Mos 16,22; 4 Mos 4,34; 4 Mos 16,2; 4 Mos 31,13; 4 Mos 32,2; Jos 9,15; Jos 9,18; Jos 22,30 ׳כָּלהַֿנְּשִׂאִים בָּע 2 Mos 34,31 ׳זִקְנֵי הע elders of the congregation 3 Mos 4,15 (compare Dom 21,16); ראשׁי אבות ׳הע 4 Mos 31,26.