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title: כָּרָה — get by trade · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּרָה (3739), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: get by trade. BDB 1906: vb. get by trade, trade. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּרָה

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«כָּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **get by trade** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3739 · **BDB:** כָּרָה³

### Glosses

I (1); will.they.barter? (1); you.will.barter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

get by trade [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3739/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. get by trade, trade [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3739/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. get by trade, trade (NH כִּירָה act of buying, purchase (so ‘in den Küstenländern,’) LevyNWB ii. 323 f.); Arabic كَرَى let for hire);—only Impf. 1 s. sf. וָאֶכְּרֶהָ Ho 3:2 (d. f. dirim., si vera l. punctat., Ges§ 20. 2, b; but cf. We); 3 mpl. יִכְרוּ Jb 40:30; 2 mpl. תִּכְרוּ Dt 2:6 Jb 6:27;—get by trade, buy, c. acc. Ho 3:2 Dt 2:6; sq. עַל־ trade in, make trade of Jb 6:27; 40:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3739/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.30/)

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יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָיו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* will.they.barter? on it partners will they.divide.it? between merchants

*JPS 1917:* Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

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[Job 6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.27/)

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אַף־עַל־יָת֥וֹם תַּפִּ֑ילוּ וְ֝תִכְר֗וּ עַל־רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* even on a.fatherless.one you.will.make.fall and you.will.barter on friend your

*JPS 1917:* Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.

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