miph.qad denotes an official counting of people and, in other clauses, an appointment or designated house location.

The clearest use is an official count of people: the construct noun occurs where Joab reports numbers to the king in 1 Chronicles 21:5 and 2 Samuel 24:9. Its remaining occurrences stand in an appointment clause in 2 Chronicles 31:13 and in a location connected with the house outside the sanctuary in Ezekiel 43:21, where its precise contribution is less clear from the translation.

1. Official count of people · dominant

   The construct noun occurs in reports of numbered fighting men. In 1 Chronicles 21:5 the APB renders Joab giving “the number from the muster of the people” to David, and in 2 Samuel 24:9 it renders Joab delivering “the number of the registered people” to the king.

   1 Chronicles 21:52 Samuel 24:9
2. Appointment or designated house location · common

   The construct noun appears in two non-census clauses. In 2 Chronicles 31:13 the APB renders the overseers' status as being “by the appointment of King Hezekiah,” while in Ezekiel 43:21 it places the burning “at the muster of the house outside the sanctuary”; the translation does not isolate the term's exact contribution in either clause.

   2 Chronicles 31:13Ezekiel 43:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the counting contexts with “muster,” “number,” and “registered people,” while the other clauses use “appointment” and “muster of the house.” These phrases confirm the clauses' contexts rather than provide fixed renderings of the term.