H7148 H7148
called ones, summoned representatives or appointed leaders
This passive participle functions as a technical term for officially summoned or appointed representatives in Israel's assembly. Numbers uses it to designate tribal leaders chosen to represent their clans in the congregation—literally 'the called ones of the assembly' or 'the summoned ones of the appointed meeting.' These weren't volunteers but officially designated councillors, bearing representative authority for their tribes.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The term identifies men formally summoned to serve as tribal representatives in Israel's governing assembly. Numbers 1:16 calls them 'the called ones of the congregation'—princes of their ancestral tribes chosen to lead. Numbers 16:2 describes the 250 men who joined Korah's rebellion as 'called ones of the assembly,' indicating their official status as appointed councillors, which made their revolt particularly serious. Numbers 26:9 recalls this incident using the same terminology. The passive form emphasizes they were selected by divine or communal appointment, not self-appointed. 3×
AR["(مَدْعُوُّو)", "[קריאי]", "مَدْعُوُّو"]·ben["(ডাকা)", "ডাকা", "ডাকা-হইয়া"]·DE["[rief-die]", "rief-die-von"]·EN["[called-ones]", "called-ones-of"]·FR["[appela-ones]", "appela-ones-de"]·heb["(קריאי)", "[קריאי]", "קראי"]·HI["[बुलाए-गए]", "बुलाए-गए", "बुलाए-हुए"]·ID["[orang-yang-dipanggil]", "yang-dipanggil"]·IT["[chiamo-quelli]", "chiamo-quelli-di"]·jav["[ingkang-dipun-timbali]", "ingkang-dipun-timbali", "kapilih"]·KO["[불린-자들]", "부름받은-자들-의", "불린-자들-의"]·PT["[Ketiv]", "chamados-de", "convocados-de"]·RU["[кетив]", "призванные"]·ES["llamados-de"]·SW["waliitwa", "waliochaguliwa", "walioitwa"]·TR["(çağrılmışları)", "[çağrılanlar]", "çağrılanları"]·urd["بلائے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קָרִיא] adj. called, summoned;—pl. cstr. as subst.; קְרִאֵי מוֹעֵד Nu 16:2 the summoned ones of assembly, term. techn. for representatives, councillors; so קְרִיאֵי הָעֵדָה 1:16 Kt (Qr קְרוּאֵי), 26:9 Qr (Kt קרואי! cf. √ Qal 5 d).