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title: מֶכֶר — merchandise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶכֶר (4377), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: merchandise. BDB 1906: n.m. merchandise, value. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶכֶר

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«מֶכֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **merchandise** — 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:** 4377 · **BDB:** מֶ֫כֶר

### Glosses

price (2); merchandise (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶכֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4377/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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