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# מֶכֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4377

**merchandise** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

merchandise [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4377/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶ֫כֶר: n.m. merchandise, value [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4377/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 31:10 merchandise, value;—מ׳ abs. Ne 13:16; מִכְרָהּ Pr 31:10; מִכְרָם Nu 20:19; prob. also מִמְכָּרָיו (read מִמְּכָרָיו) Dt 18:8, v. Di Dr;— merchandise Ne 13:16; value, price, of water Nu 20:19 (JE), cf. Dt 18:8 (v. supr.); of capable woman Pr 31:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: price (2); merchandise (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 31:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.10/#tree)

אֵֽשֶׁת־חַ֭יִל מִ֣י יִמְצָ֑א וְרָחֹ֖ק מִפְּנִינִ֣ים מִכְרָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* a.wife of.ability who? will.he.find and.\[is\] far more than.corals price her

*JPS 1917:* A woman of valour who can find? for her price is far above rubies.

[Nehemiah 13:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.16/#tree)

וְהַצֹּרִים֙ יָ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ מְבִיאִ֥ים דָּ֖אג וְכָל־מֶ֑כֶר וּמֹכְרִ֧ים בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת לִבְנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the Tyrians \[who\].they.dwelt in it \[were\].bringing fish and every merchandise and \[they.were\].selling.\[it\] on the sabbath to the.people of.Judah and in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4377.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4377/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).