בהקהל העדה. כל קהלה ואחריה על היא למריבה: WHEN THE CONGREGATION WAS ASSEMBLED.¹⁴Hebrew, be-hikkahel. Whenever the word kehillah (assembly)¹⁵That is, a word from the root kof, heh, lamed. is followed by the word al (on),¹⁶As it does in our verse, which reads, be-hikkahel ha-edah al mosheh ve-al aaron (when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron). The word al usually means on, not against. Hence I.E.’s comment. it refers to an assembly for the sake of quarreling.