H3740 H3740
A feast or banquet; a prepared meal for multiple guests
This feminine noun appears only in 2 Kings 6:23, naming the 'great feast' Elisha commanded be prepared for Aramean soldiers. It derives from the verb meaning to prepare or host, and refers to the actual meal event rather than just food. The story's emphasis is on the feast's size ('great') and its unexpected recipients (enemy raiders). This act of generosity becomes a turning point in regional hostilities.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — A substantial feast or banquet prepared for guests. The narrative specifies it as 'great,' suggesting abundance and formality beyond a simple meal. Spanish 'banquete' and French 'fête' both capture the celebratory, hosted nature of the event. The multilingual convergence on feast-language emphasizes this was an occasion of deliberate hospitality, not merely feeding prisoners, transforming a military encounter into a peace-making ceremony. 1×
AR["وَليمَةً"]·ben["ভোজ"]·DE["ein-feast"]·EN["a-feast"]·FR["un-fête"]·heb["כרה"]·HI["केराह"]·ID["perjamuan"]·IT["un-festa"]·jav["pesta"]·KO["잔치"]·PT["banquete"]·RU["пир"]·ES["banquete"]·SW["karamu"]·TR["hazirlik"]·urd["ضیافت"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† כֵּרָה n.f. a feast, 2 K 6:23 (v. foregoing).