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title: מִכְמֶרֶת — net · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְמֶרֶת (4365), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: net. BDB 1906: n.f. net, fishing-net. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְמֶרֶת

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«מִכְמֶרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **net** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4365 · **BDB:** מִכְמֶ֫רֶת

### Glosses

his.fishing (2); (of).a.fishing.net (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4365/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. net, fishing-net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4365/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. net, fishing-net; sg. sf. מִכְמַרְתּוֹ Hb 1:15 (‖ חַכָּה, and חֵרֶם), v 16, both in fig. of conquering Chaldeans.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְמֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4365/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.8/)

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וְאָנוּ֙ הַדַּיָּגִ֔ים וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל־מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַיְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.lament the fishermen and they.will.mourn all \[those.who\].cast in the River a.fish.hook and \[those.who\].spread.out (of).a.fishing.net on \[the\].surface of.\[the\].waters they.will.languish

*JPS 1917:* The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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[Habakkuk 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.15/)

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כֻּלֹּה֙ בְּחַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִשְׂמַ֥ח וְיָגִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* of.it all with a.fish.hook he.brings.up he drags.it.away in net his and he gathers.it in his.fishing net therefore he.rejoices and he.is.glad

*JPS 1917:* They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they rejoice and exult.

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