"qahal" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Bo Giertz, Christ's Church: Her Biblical Roots, Her Dramatic History, Her Saving Presence, Her Glorious Future:",
          "text": "When Solomon's temple is consecrated, the qahal of Israel gathers to be blessed (1 Kgs. 8:14), and when Ezra intervenes with drastic means to preserver the restored Israel, it is the qahal that acts before God (Ezra 10:12-14).",
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        "A theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society; congregation, assembly."
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          "text": "Other examples could be mentioned, such as the fact that although Jewish communities were initially permitted to retain their local self-government in the form of the qahal, they could not keep their broader, empire-wide institutions, which had long existed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as these did not fit in with the desired enlightened-absolutist social order.",
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          "text": "When Solomon's temple is consecrated, the qahal of Israel gathers to be blessed (1 Kgs. 8:14), and when Ezra intervenes with drastic means to preserver the restored Israel, it is the qahal that acts before God (Ezra 10:12-14).",
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