Etymology?:
from qāhal קָהַל ‘to gather’
Roots:
קהל
qāhāl n, m
1) assembly, company, congregation, convocation
1a) assembly
1a1) for evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes
1b) company (of returning exiles)
1c) congregation
1c1) as organised body
Mentioned in Genesis 48:4, 49:6, 28:3, 35:11 Exodus 16:3, 12:6 Codex Leviticus 16:17, 4:14, 16:33, 4:13, 4:21 Numbers 16:33, 20:6, 14:5, 16:3, 17:12, 20:10, 20:12, 15:15, 19:20, 20:4, 22:4, 10:7 Deuteronomy 5:22, 9:10, 31:30, 10:4, 18:16, 23:9, 23:2, 23:3, 23:4 Joshua 8:35 Judges 21:8, 20:2, 21:5 1 Samuel 17:47 1 Kings 12:3, 8:65, 8:55, 8:14, 8:22 Jeremiah 44:15, 26:17, 50:9, 31:8 Ezekiel 16:40, 23:47, 23:46, 26:7, 32:3, 27:27, 38:13, 32:23, 32:22, 17:17, 38:4, 38:15, 38:7, 23:24, 27:34 Joel 2:16 Micah 2:5 Psalms 22:23, 40:11, 89:6, 22:26, 40:10, 35:18, 107:32, 149:1, 26:5 Proverbs 21:16, 26:26, 5:14 Job 30:28 Lamentations 1:10 Ezra 2:64, 10:1, 10:14, 10:12, 10:8 Nehemiah 13:1, 7:66, 8:2, 5:13, 8:17 1 Chronicles 29:10, 29:20, 29:1, 28:8, 13:2, 13:4 2 Chronicles 1:3, 24:6, 1:5, 30:23, 29:32, 23:3, 30:24, 6:13, 31:18, 29:31, 30:13, 20:14, 30:25, 30:17, 6:3, 7:8, 28:14, 29:23, 20:5, 30:4, 30:2, 29:28, 6:12