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title: מְכֵרָה — sword · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְכֵרָה (4380), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sword. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְכֵרָה

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«מְכֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sword** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4380 · **BDB:** מְכֵרָה

### Glosses

swords (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sword [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4380/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] prob. the name of a weapon, only pl. sf. כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶם Gn 49:5 weapons of violence are their מ׳ (other conjectures v. in Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְכֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4380/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.5/)

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שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְלֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י חָמָ֖ס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* Simeon and Levi \[are\].brothers \[are\].weapons of.violence swords their

*JPS 1917:* Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.

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