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title: מִקְנָה — purchase · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְנָה (4736), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: purchase. BDB 1906: n.f. purchase. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְנָה

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«מִקְנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **purchase** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 4736 · **BDB:** מִקְנָה

### Glosses

the.purchase (6); a.purchase (3); his.purchase (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purchase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4736/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. purchase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4736/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. purchase;—abs. מ׳ Gn 23:18 +; cstr. מִקְנַת Gn 17:12 +; sf. מִקְנָתוֹ Lv 25:16 +;— purchase, מִקְנַת כֶּסֶף Gn 17:12, 13, 23, 27; Ex 12:44 (all P); סֵפֶר הַמּ׳ document of purchase Je 32:11, 12(×2), 14, 16. 2, Lv 25:16(×2), 51; 27:22 (P). possession (gained by purchase), לְמִקְנָה Gn 23:18 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4736/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 23:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.18/)

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לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְמִקְנָ֖ה לְעֵינֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת בְּכֹ֖ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִירֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to Abraham to a.purchase to the.eyes of.the.people of.Heth for all \[those.who.were\].entering (of).the.gate his.city his

*JPS 1917:* unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

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[Exodus 12:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.44/)

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וְכָל־עֶ֥בֶד אִ֖ישׁ מִקְנַת־כָּ֑סֶף וּמַלְתָּ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ אָ֖ז יֹ֥אכַל בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and every slave of.anyone \[the\].purchase of.silver and you.have.circumcised him then he.will.eat in it

*JPS 1917:* but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

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