miq.reh denotes an event or happening, especially an occurrence shared alike by people or interpreted as unforeseen.

The attested use denotes an occurrence that comes upon someone: most often a shared event or fate that reaches all alike, but also an event treated as unforeseen or simply happening in a particular situation.

1. An event that comes upon persons or creatures · dominant

   The singular noun marks a common occurrence in Ecclesiastes 2:14, where it meets both wise and fool, and in Ecclesiastes 9:2, where one occurrence reaches righteous and wicked alike. Ecclesiastes 3:19 applies it repeatedly to the same outcome for humans and beasts, while 1 Samuel 6:9 places it in the question whether the distress was an occurrence that happened to the speakers; in Ruth 2:3 it introduces Ruth's arrival at Boaz's field.

   Ecclesiastes 2:14Ecclesiastes 2:15Ecclesiastes 3:19Ecclesiastes 9:2Ecclesiastes 9:31 Samuel 6:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the noun as “accident,” “fate,” and “As it happened,” reflecting contexts of a shared outcome, an event happening to a group, and Ruth's arrival in a field. These English expressions show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed equivalents.